Near the border of Catalunya and Aragón, I was walking out into the vineyards with Ramon Roqueta of Celler Lafou. Once standing amongst the rows, we came across a rather bizarre sight: the drip irrigation for the vines was running. While support irrigation is de facto for everyone growing vines in pretty much all of Catalunya Spain minus Galicia and Euskadi, what made it strange was the there were still massive puddles in the vines from a tremendous dump of rain two days previous–80mm, in just one night. To quote […]

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