Folias de Baco, Uivo, Renegado, Douro, Portugal Milan Nestarec Commonwood vineyard is situated just

Commonwood vineyard is situated just a few miles north of Shrewsbury

"A beaker full of the warm South" would be one thing for sure

Kitsy's blast from the past

Scion refers to the top life bearing parts of a plant/vine or can also mean ‘the descendant of’

with minimum intervention

Folias de Baco, Uivo, Renegado, Douro, Portugal Milan Nestarec Commonwood vineyard is situated justTiago Sampaio farms in the Douro Valley however he's doing everything a little bit differently. Rather than farming on the river he is growing old and new vines at high altitude and this helps slow down the ripening process. Another differing factor is the soil type, his grapes are growing in a shist clay granite mix which is a little unusual from the normal shist slate soul elsewhere. This is a blend of roughly 25 local varieties with a split of 50%