This supplies the key boundary rule: Regions are useful retrieval frames, but terroir should not be assumed to coincide with state borders.
Arnold summarizes multiple distillery approaches to place and distinguishes environmental regions from political boundaries.
Terroir was integrated into the land far before humans drew geographical lines. There is a case to be made that terroir is more about regionality than it is about state lines.
PDF sheet 299; printed p. 293
PDF sheet 299; printed p. 293
Conclusion
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Evidence
Fresh audit: Freshly checked 2026-09-28 against supplied PDF 299 / printed 293 using enlarged rendered pages and sequential reading. Verification establishes faithful source representation, not independent validation of every author claim.
Terroir was integrated into the land far before humans drew geographical lines. There is a case to be made that terroir is more about regionality than it is about state lines.
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End: 293
Source section: Conclusion
Context
Arnold summarizes multiple distillery approaches to place and distinguishes environmental regions from political boundaries.
Annotation
This supplies the key boundary rule: Regions are useful retrieval frames, but terroir should not be assumed to coincide with state borders.
Verification
Status: Verified
Visually verified against PDF page 299, printed page 293.