We have invented nothing! It is true that the word terroir has become very popular in recent years, but the ideas that form the basis behind the ideas of terroir have always existed. It is only fitting that one of the first mentions of terroir in literature is a mythic one. It occurs in The Epic of Gilgamesh, said to have been written during the time of Hammurabi, in about the 18th century B.C. However, the poem is an historical account and refers to a much earlier epoch. Our hero, ...