Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/06/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nice portrait of the owner, and I love the dog hiding under the machinery. Barney Barney Quinn, WK3Z C: (301) 775-1386 H: (301) 654-0938 > On Jun 25, 2017, at 2:53 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> > wrote: > > I am spending the weekend in Wroc?aw in south-western Poland, visiting my > sister for a couple of days before flying home this afternoon. Yesterday, > we drove about 30 km south to the village of Zachowice to visit Winnica > Adoria, a vineyard owned by a transplanted American (due to his Polish > wife) from Washington state. I was familiar with the wines thanks to a > previous online purchase (based on a recommendation from a Polish > economist at the OECD), so I took advantage of the good weather to pay him > a visit. > > This is the kind of landscape in which the winery is located: > http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-WrjFfsq/A > > The vines: > http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-gnT7kfW/A > http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-MqcWMx3/A > > The guard dogs: > http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-BC8zKjG/A > > I bought 3 bottles and then took an environmental portrait of Mike. He and > his wife live in a nice house right in the winery: > http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-w83cs8S/A > > Mike spoke quite good Polish, having already lived here for many years, > with a charming US accent. And he makes really good wines. Poland is > obviously not known as a wine country, and the quantities produced are > nothing in comparison with more southern countries, but the quality is > good and Mike?s wines have done very well in international competitions. > This is just about the only good thing about climate change, that the > world?s wine growing regions expand. > > Meeting people like Mike is one of the great pleasures of travelling. > > 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