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Spanish grape varieties - IMG_2565
Bryan poses and Leslie fails to align a shot with a giant old wine press. - IMG_2564
This museum had a fabulous amount of historical equipment for wine growing, harvesting, pressing, bottling... - IMG_2572
An exhibit with all the aromas found in Rioja wine, smellable - IMG_2540
Bryan learns some facts. - IMG_2559
another look at Briones from the parking lot of the Dinastia Vivanco museum - IMG_2563
photo and tools used by winemakers of the 19th century - IMG_2539
We believe this was part of our brief overlap with the Camino de Santiago de Compostela, evidenced by the occasional sidewalk seashell. - IMG_2547
There we are! Arm-out shot with the view from Haro. - IMG_2546
whoops, we're zoomed in - IMG_0065
the real wine cellars - IMG_2566
more old presses - IMG_2552
Storks' nest. We saw plenty of nests but no birds, which must have sought warmer climbs for the winter. Apparently storks are a whole big thing. - IMG_2544
mountain, valley, vines - IMG_2537
At some point, we popped out of a tunnel and found ourselves in La Rioja--wine country! - IMG_2570
another giant-ass press - IMG_2569
more tools for barrel-making - IMG_2573
an exhibit of wine-related fine art - IMG_2548
Even mid-day, the late-autumn light and the clouds often looked like sunset. - IMG_2551
random scene in town - IMG_0071
Always iconoclasts, we ended up in a beer bar for dinner during our night in wine country. In fairness, it had been practically impossible to find decent beer thus far. Plus, Leslie was in the throws of a cold and needed some heathful Franziskaner to heal properly. - IMG_2538
We stopped in La Rioja's capital, Haro, for lunch. - IMG_2541
Leslie and cathedral doors - IMG_2567
barrel-making exhibit - IMG_0072
the remarkable-for-Spain beer list - IMG_2524
in the car - IMG_2555
Vineyard and the small town of Briones. - IMG_2520
We found the roads in Spain to be relentlessly marked with signposts, a boon to the foreign driver. - IMG_2578
again - IMG_2535
approaching another tunnel