{"id":1788,"date":"2021-04-05T08:19:33","date_gmt":"2021-04-05T13:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/?p=1788"},"modified":"2021-04-05T08:19:33","modified_gmt":"2021-04-05T13:19:33","slug":"grape-pits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/2021\/04\/05\/grape-pits\/","title":{"rendered":"Grape pits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1789\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-02-at-5.53.00-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2164\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-02-at-5.53.00-PM.png 2164w, https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-02-at-5.53.00-PM-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-02-at-5.53.00-PM-768x511.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-02-at-5.53.00-PM-1024x681.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-02-at-5.53.00-PM-480x320.png 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2164px) 100vw, 2164px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Harvesting grapes in mini-craters on a volcanic crater on Lanzarote, the easternmost of the Canary Islands.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;An archipelago 100 kilometres to the west of Morocco, the Canary Islands have produced wine for more than 500 years \u2014 \u201cmarvellous searching wine\u201d, as Shakespeare noted in his play Henry IV.<\/p>\n<p>But vineyards on Lanzarote date from the mid-18th century, following six years of volcanic eruptions that blanketed the island in black ash.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1790\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-02-at-5.55.33-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1022\" height=\"578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-02-at-5.55.33-PM.png 1022w, https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-02-at-5.55.33-PM-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-02-at-5.55.33-PM-768x434.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1022px) 100vw, 1022px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The craters are dug out and used to shelter the vines from prevailing winds.<\/p>\n<p>Source:\u00a0<a class=\"Linkify-element\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg24232272-500-vineyards-sit-in-moon-like-craters-on-a-volcano-in-lanzarote\/#ixzz6qxv53BZw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg24232272-500-vineyards-sit-in-moon-like-craters-on-a-volcano-in-lanzarote\/#ixzz6qxv53BZw<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harvesting grapes in mini-craters on a volcanic crater on Lanzarote, the easternmost of the Canary Islands. &#8220;An archipelago 100 kilometres to the west of Morocco, the Canary Islands have produced wine for more than 500 years \u2014 \u201cmarvellous searching wine\u201d, <span class=\"readmore\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/2021\/04\/05\/grape-pits\/\">Continue 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