California Gardening: Come with me to New Zealand!, 0 by suewylan

suewylan wrote:
I don't know the movie you're trying to remember, but if you do, let me know.

We don't have anything as old as in Italy, do we? That's what I like about the Vita Lenta nel Bel Paese (Slow life in the Bel Paese) blog. Wikipedia says 'Bel Paese' is the classical poetical appellative for Italy, meaning the "Beautiful Country" in Italian. It's like a little trip to the Mediterranean.

Everything has that aged patina, the stone walls, weathered wood and ancient buildings... So many more places are growing vineyards now in CA, Paso Robles, now, and even our Madera County has a 'wine trail'.

When I was in NZ, they were experiencing a crisis in the local economy, where there is too much wine for how many buyers there are. Can you imagine...too much wine? Well, they are tearing out the vines and planting fruit trees.
Here's a photo I took a year ago in Napa.

Sue