I’ve been holed up for hours lately organizing my massive collection of digital photos, about 12,000 a year for the past three years alone. Many of them are of Swiss vines and wines and wine producers, winemaking villages, competitions, landscapes: in short, the world of Swiss wine, which I love. There are others from Bordeaux and Beaujolais in France, Sicily in Italy, California in the US.
I’ve now prepared a set of them to send off to Oenovideo’s photography contest, but seeing the images again and scouring them for photography faults makes me a bit reluctant to part company with the collection of 35 of what I think are my best images of “water and vines”, the theme of this year’s contest. I’ve never entered before.
Here’s a small version of one shot I took recently, of the spectacular vines of Visperterminen in Valais, with fresh snow covering the slopes where Europe’s highest vines grow. The village itself is higher than 1,300m but the vines are just below the village, at about 1,100 metres, unusually high: in most parts of Switzerland grapes don’t grow properly above 700-800m.
We are truly spoiled in Switzerland for excellent views and the superb wines that are the children of those landscapes.
Wish me luck, please, for the contest! (Bye-bye photos)
Good luck! Your Visperterminen pic is a treat, looks like a watercolour!
Thank you, Barbara. It’s a spectacular spot anytime, but right after a fresh snowfall, with blue sky and white peaks – felt like I was on the road to heaven.