Karen outside the castle walls

Ginger in the castle garden

Karen with a castle cat on the drawbridge

another encounter with this cat, in the entry courtyard

Karen by stone lion in the courtyard

stacks of wine bottles

restored medieval chaple in the castle

our tour guide by a stainless steel wine tank

full view of the stainless steel tanks

modern wine making in a room with medieval windows

oak wine barrels stored in the caverns

stacks of oak wine barrels

wine bottles stored in a side room

another side room with dusty bottles in long term storage

another side storage room

Ginger posing by armored knight

antique helmets

large hall with wine barrels

our tour guide decants samples of non-aged wine so we can compare later to finished wine

sheep on the castle gounds

sheep

Karen with grapes

olive tree

fancy rooster