In the region where we are (a village close to Vienna), almost everyone has a wine cellar and a lot of people actually make their own wines. The wines taste really good and are light and easy to drink and probably have a lot less sulphites and chemicals than mass produced wines.
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| The Muscle |
The area is quite rural and the house where we are staying actually has a tractor parked outside - we are 30 minutes drive to Vienna and our hosts work in Vienna. It really is the best of both worlds with being able to go for a walk in the country side in the morning and excellent shopping and culture in the afternoons and evenings.
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| The Tractor in front of our House |
I have wandered from the topic of the wine cellar. Our hosts, Erwin and Doris, have bought a lovely piece of land 100 meters from their house. The old cellar on the propery is 150 years old - probably older than Swakopmund. Inside it has the huge old wine press where the grapes are manually pressed. This week they have both taken off from work to fix up the cellar and the entire roof has been removed. The temperature
in the cellar remains constant year round. It has been a fascinating experience watching the process. Labour is obviously very different here and work quality is taken very seriously, no shoddy work is accepted (something we almost take for granted). From early morning until late at night Erwin & Doris are doing the work themselves. Mom and Dad drive over from a village 60 km's away to help out and the brother-in law ( a carpenter) is here today to assist with the more technical details. One of the neighbours who is also skilled is also assisting and the entire project is being done with family and friends. (Even Frik assisted - obviously not for the planning dept... they needed extra muscle!!!)
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| Jodi's Photography - flowers for Kira, Neve & Kim |
The entire road, until forests' edge, is full of these cellars and during summer time everyone makes wine and the Heuriger's (havent been to one yet) are open.
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| Shop for BB & Gigi in Vienna |
While Frik was busy with the cellar - Cameron and Jodi met some more Friends from village and are quite the local celebrities in Schleinbach.
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