Wine Pictures from BKWine

Winter pruning

>> Monday, 14 January 2008

Two vineyard workers pruning the vines and tying up the branches. Vinedos y Bodega Filgueira Winery, Cuchilla Verde, Canelones, Montevideo, Uruguay, South America

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Cork or screw cap?

>> Saturday, 12 January 2008

Neither, which is the normal closure on sparkling wines (including champange) during the second fermentation in bottle. Here: Bottles of sparkling wine "sur lattes" getting bottle age with a beer style crown cap before disgorging Bodega Castillo Viejo Winery, Las Piedras, Canelones, Uruguay, South America

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Pushing down

>> Friday, 11 January 2008

Wooden fermentation tank. In front of it a stick - pigeur - for pushing down the cap of grape skins to increase extraction, pigeage. Bodega Bouza Winery, Canelones, Montevideo, Uruguay, South America.

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Fertile soil for high prices

>> Thursday, 10 January 2008

A view over the hilltops around the Gratallops village. Terraces everywhere. Some are used others not. This is where the (recently) famous (and expensive) wine from Priorat (Priorato) is grown. Catalonia, Spain.

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Get to grips with wine

>> Wednesday, 9 January 2008

A few bottles at the Scala Dei winery in Priorat (Priorato), Spain. Cellers de Scala Dei is one of the traditional wine producers in the small village Scala Dei. They use a lot of Garnacha, slow fermentation and long maceration with the grape skins to extract as much colour and aromas as possible for the wines. One of their best wines, Negre Scala Dei, is made in a more modern style though.

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Muscular wine

>> Tuesday, 8 January 2008

A winery employee managing the flow of wine must from one tank to another with a dial-looking pump switching device. Torres winery, Catalonia, Spain.

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Castell del Remei

>> Monday, 7 January 2008

The castell itself at Castell del Remei - it's not as old as it looks but it is an imposing chateau. Costers del Segre, Spain.

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Modernista winery

>> Thursday, 27 December 2007

The old winery at Raimat, built around the turn of the century (1800 / 1900) in the typical Catalonian Modernista style. Building in poured concrete was new and the gigantic vaults inside were an experiment in what the new material could do. This is the main fermentation hall and it contains stainless steel fermentation and storage tanks and barrels with plenty of wine. Catalonia, Spain.

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Tunnel vision

>> Wednesday, 26 December 2007

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Chateau Dereszla - one of the wineries in the Tokaj region making the famous lucious sweet Tokay wines. Many wineries have long underground tunnels for ageing the wine.

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Dingac

>> Friday, 21 December 2007

Sign saying Madirazza Wines, Dingac, Portup, Plavac. Bottles standing on a barrel, vineyard in teh background. Potmje village, Dingac wine region, Peljesac peninsula. Dingac village and region. Peljesac peninsula. Dalmatian Coast, Croatia, Europe.

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Winter pruning

>> Thursday, 20 December 2007

At Viña San Rafael and the Via Wine Group in Región del Maule, Chile.

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Stacked

>> Wednesday, 19 December 2007

A big stack of bottles stored laying down stacked piled high in terracotta earthenware tube containers. Detail of bottle necks. Vita@I Vitaai Vitai Gangas Winery, Citluk, near Mostar. Federation Bosne i Hercegovine. Bosnia Herzegovina, Europe.

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