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Look that beautiful because we were working around here and it's crazy. and yeah, sometimes i would do what are we doing right now. hide? hide. he makes a very old type of wine, which almost disappeared entirely after a plague decimated the vineyards across the island in the late 19th century. if it wasn't for my dad to continue this, we would not have pasada wine today. the pasada wine, like in the old days and starting 1460, it's definitely the most iconic wine of pico. that's the wine that used to go to popes and the emperors and kings — and the czars. and just run me through the mechanic...

Walking around the island, it's easy to see its rich winemaking history. but there is the role of people. so, the wine barrels, they came along in the carts, along the rocks. then they rolled it all the way down into it. then they pick it and put it on the ships. and if you venture inland, you'll find miles of abandoned vineyards and crumbling lava walls. so we recovered 120 hectors. it took us three years with 30 guys every day. because you wanted to grow the almost extinct grapes in the environment that they were originally grown in? exactly, 15 years ago, pico's vineyards were a museum, an ...

The old days and starting 1460, it's definitely the most iconic wine of pico. that's the wine that used to go to popes and the emperors and kings — and the czars. and just run me through the mechanics of of how these grapes even thrive to begin with. each corral, which is these four stone walls that we have around us, this creates a micro perfect microclimate. and if you touch this rock, you can see that it's warm. this is really warm! you're going to have during the day the sun hitting the grapes, and then during the night you're going to have heat coming from the rocks up. and that's why i...

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. wejust pick a grape. fortunato is always last to harvest on the island because he needs to wait ...

What are we doing right now? hide. he makes a very old type of wine, which almost disappeared entirely after a plague decimated the vineyards across the island in the late 19th century. if it wasn't for my dad to continue this, we would not have pasada wine today. the posada wine, like in the old days and starting 1460, it's definitely the most iconic wine of pico. that's the wine that used to go to popes. and the emperors and kings. and the czars. and just run me through the mechanics of of how these grapes even thrive to begin with. each corral, which is these four stone walls that we have a...