Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/06/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Douglas, Being the wine man, you might be interested in a news item in our papers today that wineries are closing down in India (at last count there were 100 of them, believe it or not) faster than golf courses are in the USA! :-) Finally, I guess either the product has to be good enough or hyped enough to sell, and both seem difficult to achieve in a country of whisky drinkers.... Cheers Jayanand On Sun, Jun 25, 2017 at 4:48 PM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > Interesting shots, Nathan, especially to me as I was visiting vineyards > last month in Bordeaux. But, surely, you don't believe in the > crypto-science that espouses the global warming theory. Sure, even POTUS > doesn't believe in it. :-) > > Seriously, though I have never had a Polish wine yet, but, as we and our > children get older, and the global practical vinification band moves > towards the poles, it could become our household wine. That said, I'm > tempted to buy a few hectares of land in West Cork beside a small river and > start planting vines. In time, Caisle?n Dubh Glas might overtake Chateau > d'Yquem. > > Douglas > > > > > On 25/06/2017 07:53, Nathan Wajsman 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 >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >