The region produces much grain, and there are also extensive vineyards.
It provides hydroelectric power and irrigation water for the extensive vineyards and market gardens along the lower Don.
The region gave its name to the most famous type of wine produced from its extensive vineyards.
To taste for ourselves, we make for Cantine Polvanera, an organic winery with extensive vineyards planted in the karst landscape.
Wine is produced in large quantity in the extensive vineyards of the warmer south; wheat, potatoes, tobacco, and vegetables are also grown.
When I was there last September, I cycled the island enthralled by its plants – extensive vineyards, palm, pine, olive, oleander, fig, carob and mulberry trees, and more than 300 herbs.
As well as tucking yourselves away on one of numerous spectacular and secluded bays, you can tour the island, discovering its extensive vineyards, palm, pine, olive, oleander, fig, carob and mulberry trees, and more than 300 herbs (ideal for self-catering), local seafood and wine.
The hot and dry Rhône valley in Switzerland, between Sierre and Martigny, is an intensive area of irrigated fruit and vegetable cultivation, and both the valley floor and slopes of the mountains have extensive vineyards from which excellent wines are made.
As well as transforming a tumbled-down village into a fine hotel, the current owners have, over the last 20 years, spent a lot of money replanting the estate's extensive vineyards and building a state-of-the-art winery.
Here, we aim at evaluating the potential of extensive vineyards located in contrasting landscapes (semi-natural vs crop-dominated) for providing suitable habitat conditions to plant species associated with dry grasslands.
