What the hell does Terroir really mean?

[glenora]

Bucko and all

A vineyardists perspective--

Micro-Macro climate -- almost always mis-used or misunderstood when referenced to vineyards

Miroclimate: the air space that extends from the very surface of the ground (vineyard floor) to a height where the effects of the immediate character of the underlying surface no longer can be distinguished from the general local climate--in a a vineyard situation this space is usually limited the area within the canopy, or between the vines--with plants this is often referred to a phytoclimatology

Macroclimate: The large-scale climate of a large area such as a region or a country

Probably the best term to describe a viticultural area probably would be "mesoclimate" which is the climate of a natural region of small extent, for example a valley.