We are going to speak about a very important

product in Najera´s region, The wine of Rioja.

Jorge GarcíaJuan Melón

THE WINE

THE VINEYARDS

• 1- THE VINEYARD´S SEASONS• 2- PLANTATION• 3- THEVINEYARD´S CARE• 4-THE VINEYARD´S FLOWERS • 5-THE GRAPES IN THE FIELD• 6- THE FAMILY HARVEST• 7- OLD TIMES-NEW TIMES

THE VINEYARD´S SEASONS

Winter Spring

SummerAutumn

THE PLANTATION

• March is the month when the vineyard is planted.

Harvest lunch

Pick by hand

Green thining

spraying

Mecanicals works

pruning

VINEYARD´S CARE

THE VINEYARD´S FLOWERS

• The flowers in the vineyard are very little.

• The field´s flowers are prettier than vineyard´s flowers

GRAPES IN THE FIELD

•In a year you can see different stages of the grapes

FAMILY HARVEST

• In many families from La Rioja there are family harvest.

OLD TIME-NEW TIME.

• At the old time very works were made by hand o with animals

• At the new times the tractor and the machines are usuals in the field

WINE CELLARS

DE-STEMMER

In the modern elaboration of wine the grapes are destemmed and crushed.

Stainless steel vats

• The usual fermentation is in big stainless steel vats

Press

After the grapes are fermented, the press separate the liquid and the solid.

The rack

• The lees are in the bottom of the vat.

• The rack put in another vat the wine and separates the lees.

• It´s normal to use a pump.

Strainer• The strainer is used to filter the wine .

Cooling the wine

Young wine is cooled to avoid dregs.

When the wine is finished…

It´s bottled

The wine shops

• The wineries sell wine in shops, supermarkets and restaurants.

The end