Where in the wine world are we? Arid edition
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A reader sent in this photo from his trip to the region in February. Where in the wine world was he? As a sort of hint, he said this vineyard was planted in a long-dormant volcano.
UPDATE: Adam is correct! This photo is from the Golan Heights where site reader Avi Hein said that he saw this vineyard of gewurztraminer! He wasn’t sure which winery it belonged to but I thought it was a cool picture to see this off-the-beaten path region. You can check out other photos from his time there on Flickr.
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On June 26th, 2008 at 9:49 am ,aditya wrote:
vicinity of Naples ?!? .. the first mention of long-dormant volcano just bring Mount Vesuvius to mind! this is long shot. I dont have a knowledgeable opinion on this one.
On June 26th, 2008 at 10:58 am ,Alex F. wrote:
Looks a little bit like the area around Yakima, WA…which has a great view of Mt. St. Helens.
On June 26th, 2008 at 11:42 am ,Jeff wrote:
Looks like Deer Park on Howell Mountain just outside of St. Helena, California in the Napa Valley.
On June 26th, 2008 at 1:17 pm ,Delondra Williams wrote:
My vote’s for Washington.
On June 26th, 2008 at 1:47 pm ,Chris C wrote:
Mt Etna, Sicily?
On June 26th, 2008 at 3:08 pm ,Jesse wrote:
Hawaii?
On June 26th, 2008 at 4:13 pm ,Sarah wrote:
Greenbay, WI
On June 26th, 2008 at 4:35 pm ,Christophe wrote:
Spain
On June 26th, 2008 at 6:50 pm ,Gabrio Tosti wrote:
Vesuvio Italy
On June 27th, 2008 at 5:54 am ,Yan wrote:
Looks like Greece to me.
On June 27th, 2008 at 7:23 am ,Marcio wrote:
My vote goes also to Vesuvio, near the lost city of Pompey… Naples
On June 27th, 2008 at 7:55 am ,Catering Equipment wrote:
Naples!
On June 27th, 2008 at 8:10 am ,Dr. Vino wrote:
Fascinating guesses! Makes me want to check out a few of those other places mentioned.
Anyway, nobody is within a few hundred miles of the location yet. Alternative names for this round might have been “ethnic partition edition” or “falafel edition.”
On June 27th, 2008 at 10:06 am ,Chris C wrote:
Well thats sad…with your new hint it is clearly Lebanon or Israel.
On June 27th, 2008 at 2:29 pm ,Dr. Vino wrote:
Zohan edition!
On June 27th, 2008 at 2:54 pm ,Adam wrote:
Becaa Vally, Lebanon?
On June 27th, 2008 at 2:56 pm ,Adam wrote:
Valley, that is (should have spell-checked!). If we’re not in Musar land, perhaps the Golan Heights in northern Israel
On June 29th, 2008 at 6:18 pm ,Dr. Vino wrote:
Adam, we have a winner! The Golan Heights it is! Congratulations! For details, see the update to this posting.
On June 30th, 2008 at 10:08 am ,Kyle wrote:
Great insight guys. I love wine talk.
Kyle Schindler
The Grape and Bean LLC
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