There, you see?
Rows and rows of grape vines.
Beyond the vineyard is an ancient Crusader fortress on the hill.
(Click on the photo and then once again to see the fort better.)
It's beautiful country in central Israel.
The Trappist monks at Latrun monastery harvest the grapes and then make and sell their wine.
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V is for viticulture, viniculture, vineyards, and Vitus vinifera (the common grape vine) for ABC Wednesday.
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... and vino!
ReplyDeleteLet's have some wine!
ReplyDeleteROG, ABCW
I knew trappist monks made an excellent beer, good that they can handle wine as well!
ReplyDeleteThe old fortress particularly appeals to me- it looks as ancient as its era suggests.
ReplyDeleteQuite interesting; well done.
ReplyDeleteIsrael is one of the places that I want to see someday. Shalom! (ABC Wednesday #23)
ReplyDeletethe wine is good ?
ReplyDeleteI think a lot of monasteries grew their own grapes and bottled their own wine or spirits. In Norwich's Cathedral Close there were even beer brewing facilities! I think it is a great idea :)
ReplyDeleteIt doesn't get any better than that. Grapes that grow looking at an ancient fortress are my kind of grapes.
ReplyDeleteMonks and wine, perhaps a contradiction, but it works...
ReplyDeleteVery interesting !!! I like the old fortress
ReplyDeleteAlice
Why not making wine, often it is beer !
ReplyDeleteGattina
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http://gattina-keyholepictures.blogspot.com/
It looks so green and foresty there :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful place. Have you tried the wine? It's pretty amazing to see the Crusader fortress.
ReplyDeleteSorry friends who asked about the quality, but I am no expert on wine and do not enjoy wine, so I will just assume that the Latrun monks know well how to make it.
ReplyDeleteDina
ReplyDeletegreat post.
GREAT PHOTOS.
Greetings.
ReplyDeleteFor some reason or another I had always picture the Middle East with much desert color and less green, Ha looks like I was wrong going by your pictures. Must be a pretty place there. That old fort from what I was able to see look as if were made of adobe, tho being far it was couldn't tell for sure. nice post for the letter V.