Being amongst the vines and touching the soil cemented my learning about how moisture is captured in the lower slope and why there is no need for irrigation and how this might dilute the concentration in the grapes. Not that irrigation is allowed in France anyway. Six days on a bike through Burgundy, and the trip that really taught me what terroir means when you can feel it under your feet and in your hands.

A trip that had almost nothing to do with wine and everything to do with switching off. Turquoise water, no laptop, and a rare stretch of doing absolutely nothing.