Take a look at this Rhone vineyard please.
Were the rocks added (perhaps to reflect sunlight) or were the vines planted in a flint field?
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Hmm...maybe they planted their vine-yard in a scree-yard?
I have heard about vignerons in Burgundy (Corton, I think) religiously gathering the stones that drifted downslope and placing them back on top of their goilden hills.
Cool picture!
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In fact, true, but just because the best soil on the slopes is different (marl) than in the valleys. If you imagine the valleys cutting through the layers of rock and soil or gravel or whatever, it's easy to understand that different parts of the slopes have a different composition. With respect to the stones of the Rhone - are you sure that it wasn't Chateauneuf-de-Pape? No, the stones were not put there, the vines were - i.e. again favorable conditions. Vines thrive best when they have to fight for a living (like people, lean is mean). Most vineyards are in places unfit for just about any other sort of agriculture. Anders
Salut/Hi Leo Bueno,
le/on Fri, 17 Sep 2004 14:54:13 GMT, tu disais/you said:-
Interesting. One thing is certain, the vineyard is not in Chateauneauf-du-Pape. The rocks look sort of limestone-y. I'm afraid I don't recognise the vineyard and I don't know anywhere with that amount of naturally occurring broken rock like that. I don't think I've ever seen anything like it in any of the (not too many) Rhone vineyards that I've visited. (Tavel, Chateauneuf, Hermitage, Beaumes de Venise).
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