next up, we re off to the azores where new wine routes are being developed across six of the nine major islands following a renaissance in the unique practice of growing grapes across lava fields. we sent cat moh to find out more. there it is. on a map, pico island is pretty much a dot in the middle of the atlantic ocean. formed 300,000 years ago, it s the youngest volcanic island in the azores archipelago. pico last erupted 300 years ago, and it explains why the land is so rugged. tourists come to hike its unique landscape alongside whale watching and dolphin spotting. but i m here for its volcanic wines. in fact, unesco has granted pico world heritage status for its vineyard culture. and i m starting to see why.
to find out more. there it is. on a map, pico island is pretty much a dot in the middle of the atlantic ocean. formed 300,000 years ago, it s the youngest volcanic island in the azores archipelago. pico last erupted 300 years ago, and it explains why the land is so rugged. tourists come to hike its unique landscape alongside whale watching and dolphin spotting. but i m here for its volcanic wines. in fact, unesco has granted pico world heritage status for its vineyard culture. and i m starting to see why. let s see.
ago, and it explains why the land is so rugged. tourists come to hike its unique landscape alongside whale watching and dolphin spotting. but i m here for its volcanic wines. in fact, unesco has granted pico world heritage status for its vineyard culture. and i m starting to see why. let s see. wejust pick a grape. fortunato is always last to harvest on the island because he needs to wait till his grapes reach a higher sugar level. almost like raisins. what does that tell you? it tells me the probably alcohol that i m going to have. so now it s around 13, so i need to be at least 18. so it needs a bit more sunshine? yes. now we re going to go all the way up to the windmills. so you grew up in and around these beautiful vineyards? well, beautiful. at that time, it didn t
tourists come to hike its unique landscape alongside whale watching and dolphin spotting. but i m here for its volcanic wines. in fact, unesco has granted pico world heritage status for its vineyard culture. and i m starting to see why. let s see. wejust pick a grape. fortunato is always last to harvest on the island because he needs to wait till his grapes reach a higher sugar level. almost like raisins. what does that tell you? it tells me the probably alcohol that i m going to have. so now it s around 13, so i need to be at least 18. so it needs a bit more sunshine? yes. now we re going to go all the way up to the windmills. so you grew up in and around these beautiful vineyards? well, beautiful. at that time, it didn t look that beautiful because we were working around here and it s crazy.
the land is so rugged. tourists come to hike its unique landscape alongside whale watching and dolphin spotting. but i m here for its volcanic wines. in fact, unesco has granted pico world heritage status for its vineyard culture. and i m starting to see why. let s see. wejust pick a grape. fortunato is always last to harvest on the island because he needs to wait till his grapes reach a higher sugar level. almost like raisins. what does that tell you? it tells me the probably alcohol that i m going to have. so now it s around 13, so i need to be at least 18. so it needs a bit more sunshine? yes. now we re going to go all the way up to the windmills. so you grew up in and around these beautiful vineyards? well, beautiful. at that time, it didn t look that beautiful because we were working around here and it s crazy.