Illustrated Wine A-Z (Revised 2022)

All wine regions now refer to wine 'production'. But France's traditional lexicon from its Old World roots can inform us all (here at the limits of decades of disastrous industrial food production).

Wine doesn't just 'ferment'; it gets schooled and raised
Elevage is what makes wine educated and behaved

Just as children have various systems of schooling
Wine producers can follow paths of their choosing

Industrial makers oversee big groups in and out quick
Artisans mentor each pupil's reading, writing, 'rithmetic

Organic producers shepherd wine through homeschool
Biodynamics enlighten and teach all phases of moon

Raw makers avoid interfering in the free-yeast breeze
So their Unschool bunches learn just as they please