You can find worse places to enjoy an afternoon glass of wine (Colmar, Alsace)

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Colmar city, Alscae, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine.

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Colmar is a small city (or big town) in the heart of the Alsace wine region. It is the capital of the department Haut-Rhin and is sometimes considered as the capital of the wine district too.

Colmar is an excellent base from which to do excursions in the vineyards to discover all the producers in Alsace. It has an old city centre with many beautiful old half-timbered houses. There is a part called Little Venice (Petite Venis) with old canals – an enchanting area for a night time stroll or to have a glass of wine in one of the cafés. It is also called the tanners’ district since the canals were once used as water supply to tanneries.

The city is today a very attractive tourism destination with charming hotels and many restaurants. You should not miss trying the local pizza (don’t let them know we called it that!) the flammekueche – a delicious, very, very thin dough with various kinds of ‘filling’ on top. the French word for it is tarte flambée, but it is far from any other kind of tarte. Order one, and then when you’re finished you order another and another if you want more.

You should visit the Unterlinden museum with art and local history. There is a beautiful Eglise Saint Martin church, the famous Maison Pfister with carved wood sculptures, Koifhuis (old customs) and many more sights. And of course many occasions to taste the Alsatian wines.

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Andlau in Alsace

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Andlau village, Alscae, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine.

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Andlau is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. It is one of the northern towns in the central part of the Alsace wine region.

It is home to several excellent wine producers, for example Marc Kreydenweiss and Remy Gresser as well as a few restaurants. Some of the winemakers even have their wineries in the centre of the town.

The Kastelberg Grand Cru vineyard is just a short walk from the town centre and once you are up there you have a nice view over the Andlau village. It is predominantly planted with riesling grapes. There are two other Grand Crus in the commune: Moenchberg and Wiebelsberg.

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The winding road to good wine (Herdade do Peso, Alentejo)

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Herdade do Peso is a winery in the Alentejo wine region to the east of Lisbon in Portugal (in Pedrógão, in the Vidigueira district). It is since 1997 one of the wineries in the portfolio of Sogrape, one of Portugal's biggest wine producers. The property has 110 hectares of vineyards on a total acreage of 465 ha. In addition to vines, there are extensive plantings of olive trees.

The vineyards are planted across a gently rolling landscape where one can also see various fruit trees. The grape varieties used in the vineyards are for examples aragones, trincadeira and alfrocheiro.

Sogrape has built a modern vinification centre at the Peso property to vinify a range of different wines. It begins with Vinha do Monte (which was made even before the acquisition of Herdade do Peso, from bought grapes). The wine is a blend of traditional grape varieties. There is a premium range of wines called simply Herdade do Peso. They are single variety wines from trincadeira, alfrocheiro and aragones. In 2001 they launched a top-of-the-range Reserva 1999.

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Time for Lunch (at Herdade do Esporao, Alentejo)

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Herdade do Esporão is a big winery located 180 km east of Lisbon in the Alentejo wine region in Portugal. It is in the sub-region Reguengos de Monsaraz. The current winery is relatively recent, built in 1987. The winery is equipped with modern vinification equipment, including stainless steel fermentation tanks, temperature control, cap submerging devises and much more. There are also extensive cask cellars where the wine is aged in oak barrels for maturation.

The vineyards of Herdade de Esporao extend over more than 600 ha. The plantings are a mix of traditional Portuguese vine varieties and ‘international’ varieties.

A distinctive feature of the vineyard is the Tower of Esporao that dates back to the 15th century. t is believed to have been built by Morgado Alvaro Mendes de Vasconcelos and features prominently on the labels of several of the wines.

The Herdade do Esporao winery produces several different ranges of wines: Esporao, Vinha da Defesa, Monte Velho, Alandra, Monocastas and Outros. They make both red wine and white wines and rosé.

http://www-en.esporao.com

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Summer landscape (Herdade de Sao Miguel)

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Herdade de Sao Miguel is a winery located in Portugal’s Alentejo wine region to the east of Lisbon. It is in the Redondo area close to the historic town of Evora. Since 1997 Herdade de São Miguel is owned by Alexandre Relvas.

The Sao Miguel farm covers some 175 hectares 35 of which are planted with vines. There are also cows and sheep, as well as cork and olive trees on the farm.

The vineyard plantings are quite recent: the vines were planted between 2001 and 2003. The vineyards are planted with a variety of mainly local traditional grape varieties. For the red wines there are e.g. alicante bouschet, aragones, castelao and touriga franca, but also the international grape varieties cabernet sauvignon and syrah. For the white wines they have planted antao vaz, arinto, avesso, enruzado and several other varieties.

The winery and wine cellar is very modern. It was built in 2003 and is equipped with the latest vinification technology: stainless steel vats, pneumatic press etc, but also traditional barrels.

Herdade Sao Miguel makes a range of wines under the names of Sao Miguel, Sao Miguel Descbridores, Montinho SM, Ciconia, Missoes, and a “Special Edition”.

http://www.herdadesaomiguel.com

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This makes me think of flying winemakers (adega cooperativa de borba alentejo)

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Adega Cooperativa de Borba is a co-operative winery in the Alentejo region in Portugal, east of Lisbon. It was founded in 1955 at a time when few people outside the region had heard of Alentejo wines. Today the Alentejo wine region has become one of the best known wine producing areas in Portugal, no doubt helped by the closeness to Lisbon.

The winery is impressive in size and has in recent years invested heavily to create a modern and well equipped winery. If you visit their facility you will see both the latest vinification equipment an traditional cellar techniques with e.g. old wooden vats and barrels.

The vineyard extend over some 2000 hectares planted with both red and white grape vines. They are planted primarily with traditional varieties, such as aragonez, trincadeira preta, castelao and alicante bouschet for the red wines, and roupeiro, rabo de ovelha, arinto, and antao vaz for the white wines.

They make a wide range of wines from every-day drinking wines to premium cuvees.

http://www.adegaborba.pt

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New Wine Stock Photos on BKWinePhotography.com

A whole lot of new photos are now available on www.bkwinephotography.com. Some 6000 new stock photographs are now there.

I will be posting stock photo sample galleries in the sidebar on the right in the near future.

Subjects for this set of pictures includes:
- Alentejo in Portugal
- The Douro Valley in Portugal
- Bordeaux
- Burgundy
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A naked woman in the wine cellar - aime stentz & fils, Alsace

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Domaine Aimé Stentz, Wettolsheim, Alsace, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine.

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Domaine Aime Stentz is a family wine estate in the village Wettolsheim in Alsace in France. Today it covers some 15 hectares of vineyards. Sometimes they seem to prefer to write they name of the winery as Domaine Aiméstentz. Several people of the family are involved in the winery: Lous Stentz in the vineyards, Etienne Stentz in the wine cellar, Jocelyne Stentz with clients and the restaurant and Fabienne Stentz with foreign clients. The fifth generation Stentz, Marc, is progressively taking over the responsibility for the winemaking.

As many growers in Alsace Stentz makes a wide range of wines. The wines are mainly white of course, ranging from very dry to very sweet vendanges tardives and even selection de grains nobles. They also make smaller quantities of red wine (from pinot noir), rosé, and sparkling (crémant d'alsace). They have a prestige cuvée called Clos du Vicius Romain from the Hengst grand cru vineyard.

Domaine Aime Stentz uses the classic Alsatian grape varieties: sylvaner, riesling, muscat, pinot gris, and gewurztraminer. They are moving towards biodynamic viticulture and plan to become certified in 2011.

http://www.vins-stentz.fr

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From here to eternity - Oak barrel aging at Albet y Noya in Catalonia

Oak barrel aging cellar. Albet i Noya. Oak barrel aging and fermentation cellar. Penedes Catalonia Spain

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Albet i Noya in Sant Pau d'Ordal, stock photography samples. By Per Karlsson, BKWine.

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The Albet family have been making wine in Penedes since the early 20th century. Since 1979 the two brothers Josep Maria and Antoni Albet i Noya run the wine business together. The same year marked their conversion to organic (ecologic) agriculture. They make high class Tempranillo and Cabernet Sauvignon wines and also experiment with almost forgotten and disappeared Catalonian grape varieties in collaboration with Torres. The winery is located near Sant Pau d'Ordal in Catalonia. The vineyards cover an area of 76 hectares. In the winery they produce both red, white and sparkling wines. Some cuvees are aged in oak barrel. They also experiment with the curious egg-shaped concrete fermentation tanks.

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Moschofilero - an unusual Greek grape variety at Biblia Chora

Vines. Moschofilero vine variety. Biblia Chora Winery, Kokkinohori, Kavala, Macedonia, Greece

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Biblia Chora Winery, Pangeon, Greece, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson.

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Ktima Biblia Chora Winery was founded by Evangelos Gerovassiliou and Vassilis Tsaktsarlis. It is located in northern Greece in Macedonia, in the Pangeon region. It has an impressive new winery building with all modern facilities. They have a wide variety of Greek vine varieties planted and have a special vineyard section displaying many indigenous grapes: assyrtiko, xinomavro, agiorgitiko etc. They also have fashionable international grape varieties such as sauvignon blanc, chardonnay, pinot noir cabernet etc. They make red, white and rosé wines.

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Amindeo mountain range overlooking the Amyndeon wine region

Amindeo mountain range, Lake Petron, Amindeo, Macedonia, Greece , Amyndeon

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Kontosoros restaurant and guest house, Xino Nero, Amyndeo, Macedonia, Greece

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Amyndeon wine region, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine.

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Amyndeon (Amindeo) is a wine region (appellation controlled area) in north west Greece in the province of Macedonia. It has in recent years seen several ambitious wine growers and wine makers sprout. The main city is Aghios Panteleimon on the shore of lake Vegoritis. It is mostly flat land, sandy soil with a subsoil of limestone. It is surrounded by Kaimaktsalan and Vitsi mountains. It is basically a high altitude area with, for Greece, a cool climate. Notable producers are Alpha Wine Estate, Kir-Yianni, Amyntaion Cooperative, and some others.

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Cabernet sauvignon Spanish style - very different (Castell del Remei, Costers del Segre)

Bunches of ripe grapes. Cabernet Sauvignon. Castel del Remei, Costers del Segre, Catalonia, Spain.

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Castell del Remei, Costers del Segre, Catalonia, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine.

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In the 1980s the Cusine family took over the Castell del Remei (sometimes spelled Castel del Remei) wine property and started an ambitious program of replanting. They planted, among other grape varieties, cabernet sauvignon, merlot, syrah and other "international" varieties but also kept the traditional grapes such as macabeo, xarel-lo, parellada and ull de liebre (tempranillo). The castle-like main building is surrounded by land with a very good micro-climate where e.g. cabernet sauvignon makes very good wine.

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