#qine

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Back at it again, drawing qine.

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Revenge time :)

AKA A boy and his (not) dog

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updated Alex's scars

He has not had a good time recently

Bonus little blood and black eye under the cut

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Messing around with what they did to Alex's hair to help hide his identity. He was not happy.

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Visit and Wine Tasting in Azeitão with John & friends from US “This experience was excellent! We learned so much about the wine and about the vineyard we visited. We appreciated Antonio’s personalization and advice. He really went out of his way to make sure we were comfortable and to make sure we get a full, rounded experience. Great way to spend an afternoon. Highly recommend.” Join us https://ride351.com/activities.php

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He's a bastard but he's my bastard.

[mytravelist]

Terrerazo grows over 89 Has. around the winery, organized in one single plot. The average height of 850 meters, explains El Terrerazo´s  severe weather conditions: low rainfall regime, big night and day gap temperatures, creating the unique personality of the wines.

The D.O.P. (PDO) El Terrerazo was born in 17/09/2010, as published at the Official Journal of the GV. It describes all the practices that define the singularity of El Terrerazo recognizing us as Vino de Pago.

LOCATION: We are about 100 km away from the Mediterranean and also 100 km from Teruel, one of the coldest cities in Spain. At very lobby of La Mancha  but heavily influenced by the Mediterranean climate and landscape.

ALTITUDE: 800 to 824 mts.

SOIL TYPES: Surface:  sandy loam-clay with varying degrees depending on the plot and plenty of sedimentary material (pebbles and sand), mainly limestone.

Approximately 60-100 cm below limestone, a porous crust of dolomitic origin appears,   descending of the slopes of El Negrete,    providing a strong character to the wines.

CLIMATE can be described as Mediterranean with a strong influence of continental climate. The wind plays a very interesting roll:  Mild Mediterranean winds send us cool and wet during the night. La Mancha sends us very warm winds, drying the vines. In August and September we may enjoy of 20 to 25 degrees day-night temperature gradients.

ORIENTATION: The North-South Terrerazo is a gentle sloppy landscape surrounding the winery.

Interesting also talking about the vegetation surrounding the vineyards. Stroller can be found at the vineyard edge and also plenty of slopes herbs such as thyme, rosemary, burlap or fennel, which give our wines aromas.

Vines live with oak (ilex), Mediterranean pines, olive and almond trees.

The key element defining the PDO El Terrerazo is Bobal as a grape and the set of clonal selection and canopy management practices, all to obtain smaller and looser Bobal clusters.

Finca Terrerazo 2011 has been awarded with an "International Trophy: Red Spanish Varietals over 15 £" during the gala of Decanter World Wine Awards 2014 celebrated in London June 24th. This is the highest recognition granted to a wine at may be the most important and prestigious competition of the world, recognizing it as the best wine of Spain in its category and among the top 33 wines of the world.

Only 33 wines from around the world have achieved any highest distinction, which represents only 0.22 % of the 15.007 registered wines. The tasting panel is formed by more than 200 experts, including 66 Masters of Wine and 18 Masters Sommeliers. Wines winning the International Trophy have been tasted blind up to four times.

Finca Terrerazo, a Valencian wine, made 100% with the Bobal grape, ranks from now on at the elite of the great wines of the world.

Just a few wines along the history of the competition have been awarded three times the highest distinctions at the Decanter Awards: Finca Terrerazo 2005 obtained a Regional Trophy, best wine of the South-East of Spain, special prize awarded to the best wines ranked by region. Finca Terrerazo 2007 obtained the Gold Medal and last 24th July the most important, the International Trophy with Finca Terrerazo 2011. 

©nacho martinez