/public_content/features/articles/b/soils_for_sommeliers/posts/musings-on-minerals-and-metaphorsTaste the Limestone, Smell the Slate is based on 12 feature articles published over the years in the magazine The World of Fine Wine. With the feedback I received on those essays, I judged that they were providing insight into the topics they covereden-USTelligent Community 13https://www.guildsomm.com/public_content/features/articles/b/soils_for_sommeliers/posts/musings-on-minerals-and-metaphorsThu, 25 Sep 2025 19:43:02 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:93738876-319c-4a40-a94c-7acf6e43ae01Diana Khandilyan0<p>As a geophysicist, I fully understand that vine roots cannot dissolve and absorb minerals directly, and that what we taste in wine is not literally the slate, chalk, or granite of the vineyard. But there is something deeply romantic in that notion. Geologists and geoscientists, after all, are romantics at heart&mdash;we spend our lives reading stories in rocks. So even if &ldquo;minerality&rdquo; is metaphorical, we&rsquo;d like to keep tasting it&mdash;especially the volcanic soils of my homeland, Armenia, in the glass of high elevation Areni. Cheers. Diana</p><img src="https://www.guildsomm.com/aggbug?PostID=17261&AppID=335&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://www.guildsomm.com/public_content/features/articles/b/soils_for_sommeliers/posts/musings-on-minerals-and-metaphorsSun, 08 Jun 2025 20:24:18 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:93738876-319c-4a40-a94c-7acf6e43ae01Daniel Webber0<p>Awesome read!</p><img src="https://www.guildsomm.com/aggbug?PostID=17261&AppID=335&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">