Terra Vinea
Car park at Terra Vinea
Twisted trunk, Terra Vinea grounds
Wild olive tree, Terra Vinea
Old fashioned grape press
View from Terra Vinea
Scenery along the private road that the train goes along to get to the mine.
Exiting the little train that takes you from the carpark to the mine.
Mine entrance
Going down into the mine
Old bottle of wine in the wall of the mine
Part of an impressive cellar in an ex-mine at Terra Vinea, Portel des Corbieres
Terra Vinea logo
Very visual tour of the history of wine
The Romans introduced wine to Narbonne
Grenache Noir can be stored in larger casks than other grape varieties because it doesn't need to breathe as much.
This smelled better than it looked...
Deepest part of the mine -- 20 metres below sea level.
Short video about what people used to eat in Roman times
They said something about Carcassonne here but I wasn't listening... oops!
Citroen C4, 1932 -- used to transport grapes to the wine press
Tribute to the miners who lost their lives in what is now a beautiful wine cellar.
The tour covers about 1km (the yellow bit) of the 32km mine. The mine stores wine for various vineyards in the Corbieres region.
Towards the end of the tour.
Daylight!
Driving away from Terra Vinea
Towards Portel des Corbieres, the scenery is gorgeous!
Look at all those olive trees growing wild! (Left and foreground)
Wild olive trees seem to grow everywhere around the Narbonne/Corbieres region
Mmmm, olives.
Vineyards
Port Nouvelle, where we stopped for dinner.
