Wine and Place: Terroir, Theology, And the Modern Condition

How might the phenomenon of terroir--that feature of wine in which the wine truly communicates place--illuminate the task of theology, and with it the anti-modern core of faithful theological reflection and practice?In the 228 references to wine in Holy Scripture, wine is referred to as, on the one hand, a normal part of human culture, and on the other hand, as symbolic and instrumental of God's love or wrath. It is presented biblically as a blessing from God, as an element to be used in sacr...