Where in the wine world are we? Bloom edition
Wine critic and blogger Wolfgang Weber sent in this picture from his travels. Where in the wine world was he? Hit the comments with your thoughts!
Mar
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2008
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On March 28th, 2008 at 8:53 am ,Sarah wrote:
I would say Japan with that cherry tree and those hills in the background but then those houses don’t look Japanese. Argh. So I guess I don’t know 😉
On March 28th, 2008 at 9:36 am ,Arto K. wrote:
My guess is Alsace France. Those could be the Vosges Mountains…
On March 28th, 2008 at 10:27 am ,Shaun wrote:
Never been to Alsace, but thought it might be. Also, check out the guy’s name… it’s probably a good indicator.
On March 28th, 2008 at 11:38 am ,Jon wrote:
I’ll take a leap and go with Trentino/Alto Adige
On March 28th, 2008 at 1:39 pm ,Lacey wrote:
how about Mendoza?
On March 28th, 2008 at 2:02 pm ,Morton Leslie wrote:
I love these puzzles. Is that a cherry or an apple? Doesn’t really matter. It’s an old growing region where grapes obviously have a high value. Notice how every bit of land is in vines, up into marginal and steep slopes. Tile roofed, whitewashed buildings. Mountains shown are less rugged than the Alto Adige Alps. My guess it’s in the Jura.
On March 29th, 2008 at 1:10 pm ,wolfgang wrote:
A couple of close guesses here…
Wish it had been Japan. I’m dying to go there!
– wolfgang
On March 29th, 2008 at 4:44 pm ,Gabrio Tosti wrote:
My guess is Tuscany somewhere in Valdarno area (Chianti Classico)
Ciao
On March 29th, 2008 at 8:18 pm ,HHH wrote:
Italy? Maybe Orvieto?
On March 29th, 2008 at 10:14 pm ,Henri Vasnier wrote:
Is the picture current? Trees are flowering, everything’s very green, ivy is at least half a meter up the tree trunk, quite a bit of length on the growing grass already, and it’s only late March. Red clay roofs strongly suggest Italy or parts of France. Piemonte, or even farther toward the Alps, Valle d’Aosta? Or is that not yet warm enough this time of year?
On March 30th, 2008 at 7:45 am ,Dr. Vino wrote:
Some close guesses here (right country is mentioned most frequently!). Wolfgang said that he took it in April a couple of years ago…
On March 30th, 2008 at 4:22 pm ,David J wrote:
Greetings from Mendoza! NOT here…I had thought of Haute Savoie, which I’d love to visit, but…am I allowed two guesses?? It looks like it might be Colli Orientali del Friuli, but something inme whispers, ‘Those are the Umbrian hills!!’
Dr.Vino, hope to meet you when i come to celebrate my Silver Aniversary @ NYU wkend of May 16-18!
On March 30th, 2008 at 5:55 pm ,Mark V Marino wrote:
Basque Country between France and Spain
On March 31st, 2008 at 7:09 pm ,-Victor- wrote:
I think this might be the Langhe, Piedmonte? …
On March 31st, 2008 at 9:13 pm ,wolfgang wrote:
Langhe is kinda sorta getting warmer. I’m there now (here now?) actually and the trees are in bloom exactly like that in this photo.
Hmm, I’ll give a clue: It’s a about 45 minutes driving fast from a sinking city.
– wolfgang
On March 31st, 2008 at 9:33 pm ,JonW wrote:
The Veneto then,…. near Vicenza
On March 31st, 2008 at 9:38 pm ,David J wrote:
Puerto Rico importer/distributor closed accounts with two value producers
(Gianni Vescovo & Livio Zorzettig)
from another Friuli area I’ll take a third-time-charm guess:
Isonzo del Friuli, I insist…
On April 1st, 2008 at 9:26 pm ,Dr. Vino wrote:
Wow, this is turning out to be stump-tastic!
I liked Morton Leslie’s logic. But it IS Italy…A bubbly, pick-me-up part of Italy…
On April 1st, 2008 at 10:32 pm ,Henri Vasnier wrote:
The visible land is so thoroughly planted that Prosecco seems more likely than Franciacorta, and I don’t see a lake (granted, it could be behind the tree). So, Valdobbiadene? Perhaps even the rarely encountered Cartizze?
On April 2nd, 2008 at 7:33 pm ,Dr. Vino wrote:
Henri-
Bravo, you nailed it!! Here was the original message from Wolfgang:
“The full answer would be “the Cartizze hill (which is a ‘cru’) in Valdobbiadene, Treviso (northern Veneto), Italy”. I suppose “Valdobbiadene” is acceptable. So it’s the land of prosecco–your short post about the Zardetto you drank after hiking at the beach inspired me to send this in.”
Wolfgang is the ITALIAN wine critic at Wine & Spirits magazine btw–his name, in this case, appears to have been a red herring!
I think we should all open a Col Vetoraz prosecco to celebrate Henri getting this right!
On April 3rd, 2008 at 6:12 pm ,wolfgang wrote:
Bravo, Henri, excellent guess work!
To everybody else, that was some solid guessing too.
Cheers,
wolfgang