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To: Spartan79

No, at least not in this case. The winemaker told me they were all there naturally. Minerality is a nice component to wines and many vineyards have sea bed deposits in their soil. Sand, shale, Galestro (a sort of sea bed gravel hybrid) it’s interesting even if you’re not a wine geek.

One vineyard in Montalcino excavated an ancient whale fossil on their vineyard several years ago. That vineyard was about 400 meters ASL.


71 posted on 01/22/2015 7:57:40 AM PST by TangledUpInBlue (I have no home. I'm the wind.)
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To: TangledUpInBlue
That's very interesting - Occam's Razor is always neutralized by new facts.

Unfortunately, all it "proves" is what we already know - that coastal regions undergo upheaval over geological time. That took place long before humans were on the scene - millions of years ago. Lots of seashells on top of mountains all over the world - from Everest to the Appalachians.

76 posted on 01/22/2015 8:28:22 AM PST by AnAmericanMother (Ecce Crucem Domini, fugite partes adversae. Vicit Leo de Tribu Iuda, Radix David, Alleluia!)
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