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To this elegant argument I would add: Germany's 1971 wine law is the clearest example I can think of of an attempt to "erase" terroir in the name of "democratizing" wine. It did not go well. Fifty years and much damage to the reputation of German wine later, it's back to "origins as the source of quality."

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