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BBC: The Negev desert wine route

It stands on a wine route, surrounded by vineyards, pine trees, wild roses and herbs, among others.

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Contact quintas directly to book visits, with lunch or dinner, or ask the Port Wine Route to put together an itinerary for you.

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However, this seemingly dry and arid region in southern Israel is now home to a burgeoning wine route, thanks to a group of pioneering 21st-century farmers and their use of computerized drip irrigation.

BBC: The Negev desert wine route

The wine route started in the late 1990s, when Zvi Remak, who studied winemaking at California's Napa Valley College, decided to plant a vineyard on the grounds of the Sde Boker Kibbutz in the northern Negev.

BBC: The Negev desert wine route

Speckled by ancient ruins, it even has a wine route: the Strada del Vino Costa degli Etruschi, which runs south from Livorno to Piombino and across to the island of Elba, edged by searing-blue water and with views to sigh over.

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This tiny South American country that lies within the golden 30 to 35 parallels along with viticulture giants Argentina and Chile -- as well as South Africa, New Zealand and Australia -- is an emerging wine country that as well as producing exciting new blends is home to a budding wine route comprised of 15 small wineries.

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But he does say that redirecting the Australian wine industry down a quality-first route is the correct strategy.

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Heading south on Route 40, the Boker Valley Vineyard has an excellent wine lodge and restaurant, as well as a farm store that sells wines and olive oil.

BBC: The Negev desert wine route