Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/06/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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