Thanks for looking, Charlie.
Most wine growers in Spain and France will say that the vine has to suffer to
produce good grapes. Many places in Bordeaux you will also see stony, dry soil
like this. The vines develop very long roots to get down to the water
underground. The grapes grown at this bodega are Cabernet Sauvignon and a local
variety called Monastrell (which contains more of the substance that makes red
wine good for your heart than any other grape variety).
Because of the large amount of sunshine and other reasons, Spanish wines end up
quite strong, with red wines often at 14-15% and even whites at 13% (by
comparison, many German rieslings are no more than 8-9%).
Cheers,
Nathan
Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
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YNWA
On Oct 6, 2010, at 4:26 PM, Charles Geilfuss wrote:
> Very nice Nathan. You've done a nice job of capturing the workings of the
> vineyard. The exterior shots would be greatly improved by a better time of
> day; the light is pretty harsh. But I understand how that is; it's when they
> are open. I enjoyed their web site as well so thanks for including the link.
> On a side note, I don't know much about viticulture but having visited
> vineyards in California, western NY and NC, I'm struck by the huge
> difference in climate and soil types that are able to successfully grow
> grapes and produce wine. The soils I've seen producing grapes in the States
> look very rich in organics whereas the soil at Salinas looks pretty harsh
> like crushed rock. Do they grow special supervines?
>
> Charlie
>
> On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 2:10 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> The high point of week 38 was a rare harvest-time visit to a beautiful
>> bodega in the mountains inland from Alicante. That is mostly what this PAW
>> is about, although there are also a couple of portraits:
>>
>> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws/?page_id=432
>>
>> As always, comments and critique are welcome and appreciated.
>>
>> Nathan
>>
>> Nathan Wajsman
>> Alicante, Spain
>> http://www.frozenlight.eu
>> http://www.greatpix.eu
>> http://www.nathanfoto.com
>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
>> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog
>>
>> YNWA
>>
>>
>>
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