Geology and wine 6. Terroir of the Red Mountain Appellation, Central Washington State, U.S.A

Geoscience Canada

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 149-168

  Meinert, Lawrence D ^a   Busacca, Alan J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVEL; RAIN; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; WINE;

RAIN SHADOW EFFECT;

GEOLOGY;

CLIMATE; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; PEDOLOGY; REGIONAL GEOLOGY; VINEYARD;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036983278     PISSN: 03150941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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