Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/11/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I like the picture of the wine maker. That could well be how things looked hundreds of years ago. Barney Barney Quinn, WK3Z C: (301) 775-1386 H: (301) 654-0938 > On Nov 15, 2017, at 1:00 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> > wrote: > > On Sunday we had a day-long excursion with the wine club, centred around a > visit to the winery called Celler del Roure in the inland mountain > municipality called Moixent, around 100 km from Alicante. It was the first > time I visited this area. In addition to the bodega visit, we also visited > an archeological site where a town built by the Iberians about 400 years > before the Romans arrived is being excavated. The guide was excellent, she > really made the history come alive. > > Three images, all related to wine. > > The Iberian town: > http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-9bVH9Ts/A > > The view of the valley below. Just as was the case 2500 years ago, grapes > are grown in the valley. The spot from where I took the picture is in the > Valencia region (Comunidad Valenciana). On the other side of the valley is > Castilla la Mancha, where Don Quijote fought against the windmills?and > notice the modern windmills there: > http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-nMkkd2P/A > > And finally, the wine maker of today, a member of the family that owns > Celler del Roure, talking about his wines: > http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-3Q7XzHW/A > > As can be seen on the board behind him, the prices are very reasonable > (the first figure is per bottle, the second per 6-bottle case). Since the > wine was good, I did not leave empty-handed. And it was a pleasure to buy > wine with a sense of history. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator > <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information