Joseidon1
Poet
Hello there,
here is another worldbuilding post from me, but this time about a special type wine production. In some places in Germany like at the rivers Rhine, Neckar and Mosel, there are vineyards at the mountain slopes. According to a city tour in Besigheim I attended to the people there started to place vineyards at the steep river sides of the Neckar river, because there was no other way of using the area for agriculture. The farmers in the area built small drystone walls to form terraces wide enough for a row of plants, with some spaces for stairs and cable constructions for lifting material up and down. Due to the vineyards being located often at the South side of the hill, the grapes still get sun and warmth even though they are North of the Alps. In addition, the stone walls save some warmth during the day and keep the plants warm during the summer nights.
This style of producing grapes is very dominant in the place I live and I feel like most river sides here are looking like that. I imagine that at least some parts of the Vale should feature this style of wine production, as it is described as very fertile and I feel like they drink enough vine to make importing all of it very expensive and therefore should make it by themselves. Another option would be the mountainous parts of the Westerlands. This would also make excelent use of the big mountain sides besides just having them covered in pastures and forrests, though the translation to minecraft might get difficullt. But in theory, 45° slopes could be transformed into this. If you are interested into more information about this, it might be worth to look up the German "Steillagen" or "Steillagenweinbau". I have added some pictures of the landscape to give you more context.
This German site features some nice images from the vineyards and beautiful medieval architecture of Besigheim https://www.delicioustravel.de/besigheim-ausflugsziele-stuttgart/
here is another worldbuilding post from me, but this time about a special type wine production. In some places in Germany like at the rivers Rhine, Neckar and Mosel, there are vineyards at the mountain slopes. According to a city tour in Besigheim I attended to the people there started to place vineyards at the steep river sides of the Neckar river, because there was no other way of using the area for agriculture. The farmers in the area built small drystone walls to form terraces wide enough for a row of plants, with some spaces for stairs and cable constructions for lifting material up and down. Due to the vineyards being located often at the South side of the hill, the grapes still get sun and warmth even though they are North of the Alps. In addition, the stone walls save some warmth during the day and keep the plants warm during the summer nights.
This style of producing grapes is very dominant in the place I live and I feel like most river sides here are looking like that. I imagine that at least some parts of the Vale should feature this style of wine production, as it is described as very fertile and I feel like they drink enough vine to make importing all of it very expensive and therefore should make it by themselves. Another option would be the mountainous parts of the Westerlands. This would also make excelent use of the big mountain sides besides just having them covered in pastures and forrests, though the translation to minecraft might get difficullt. But in theory, 45° slopes could be transformed into this. If you are interested into more information about this, it might be worth to look up the German "Steillagen" or "Steillagenweinbau". I have added some pictures of the landscape to give you more context.
This German site features some nice images from the vineyards and beautiful medieval architecture of Besigheim https://www.delicioustravel.de/besigheim-ausflugsziele-stuttgart/
