1.Los Alamos vineyards of Santa Barbara
The vineyards from which our wines are some of the world's most beautiful landscapes. Vineyards Old World of Europe such as Italy and France , the New World from Canada , Argentina , Australia and the United States
2. Saint-Emilion France
3.Trigny vineyard Champagne , France
4. Porrera County vineyards Priorat , Catalonia
5. Lavaux Switzerland
6. Kunde Estate Vineyards in Sonoma County , California
7. Hermonville vineyards of France
8. Brunello di Montalcino vineyards in Tuscany , Italy
9. Balf , Hungary
10. Margaret River Western Australia
What wine?
The vineyard is a plantation of grape-bearing vines, grown mainly vineyards, but also raisins, grapes, and non-alcoholic grape juice. The science, practice and research of the vineyard production is known as viticulture. A vineyard is often characterized by its terroir, the French term translated as freely emotional place, which refers to the specific geographical and geological characteristics of vine plantations, which are taught in the wine.
11. Hunawihr Vineyards Alsace , France
12. Maurice Carrie Vineyard Temecula, California
13. Baden-Württemberg Germany
14.Tedo vineyards Douro Valley , Portugal
15. Lake Chelan Vineyards in Washington , United States
The history of wine making
The earliest evidence of wine production, dating from between 6000 and 5000 BC. Winemaking process technology to significantly improve the ancient Greeks, but it was not until the end of the Roman Empire that cultivation techniques as we know them were common throughout Europe .
Church of the Middle Ages in Europe, a staunch supporter of wine which was necessary during the instability along the festive Mass in the Middle Ages, monasteries maintained and developed viticultural practices, the availability of resources, security, stability and the incentive to improve quality of the vines. Are the property and usually the best vineyards in Europe and the theologium Vinum was preferred to all others.
European vineyards were planted with a variety of grape Vitis vinifera. But in the late 19th century, almost the entire species destroyed by the phylloxera aphid accidentally introduced into Europe from North America . Native American grapevines include varieties such as Vitis labrusca, which are resistant to error. Vitis vinifera were saved by being grafted onto rootstocks of native American varieties, but there is still no cure for phylloxera, which remains a danger to a vineyard planted with rootstock is grafted.
16. Mission Vineyards in California , USA
17. Hahndorf Vineyards Adelaide Hills , South Australia
18. Gold Hill Vineyards Ticino , Switzerland
19. Napa Valley Wine Country California , United States
20. The vineyards in northern France Verzenay
Modern winemaking
The quest for vineyard efficiency has produced a wide range of systems and techniques. Due to world conditions often much more fertile increasing attention has focused largely on New on the management of the vines more vigorous growth. Innovation espalier (training of the vine, usually along a trellis, and often referred to as canopy management) and pruning and thinning methods (which aim to maximize the leaf area / fruit (LA / F report) in a vineyard microclimate) have largely replaced more generally, traditional concepts such as yield per unit area for maximum performance of the desired quality. Many of these new techniques have been adopted from the place of the traditional practice in the most progressive in the vineyard, known as the Old World .
Other recent practices include spraying water on vines to protect them from freezing temperatures (aspersion), new grafting techniques, slotting the ground, and mechanical harvesting. These techniques have made possible the development of the wine industry in New World countries such as Canada
21. Chelan vineyards of Washington , USA
22. Vineyards of Collio Friuli Venezia Giulia, Itlay
23. Napa Valley Vineyards California , USA
24. Penngrove in Sonoma County Vineyards , California
25. Baden Württemberg Germany
Quest for efficiency vineyard produces a wide range of systems and techniques. Due to world conditions are often much more attention has focused increasingly fertile s cultures.
It can be very loosely translated into a sense of place, which includes a certain characteristic features, the sum of the effects on the local environment has been manufacturing the product. Terroir is often written in italics to show that English is a French loanword. The concept of terroir is at the base of French wine dorigine Contrl appellation (AOC), which was a model for naming and wine laws across the world.
The core is the assumption that the land where the grapes are grown makes a unique quality that is specific to this region. The amount of influence and opportunities that fit the description of the land has been a controversial topic in the wine industry.
26. Drake Gurneville Vineyards, California
27. Vineyards Palavas Czech Republic
28. Artesa Vineyards Sonoma Valley , California
29. Kir-Yianni Vineyards Naoussa , Greece
30. Defosse Vineyards Charlottesville , Virginia
31. Train Trak Winery Yarra Valley , Australia
32. Vineyards of Meursault Burgundy , France
33. Vineyards in Kelowna , British Columbia , Canada
34. Napa Valley Wine Country California , United States
35. Vineyards in Stuttgart , Germany
