More practical reasons suggest themselves for the success of Chilean wine: the central valleys boast rich alluvial soil, and the climate found between 28 and 38 degrees of latitude is perfect for the vines.
In the last three years, Britain has seen an explosion of low-key, home-grown holiday options, from tipis in Welsh valleys offering comforts normally associated with a boutique hotel to environmentally-sound log cabins in forests.
Living in the valleys was initially challenging for our parents who were viewed with wariness and scepticism because of their faith.
I love the fierce independence of the people in the upper valleys.
Yash Chopra for instance, singlehandedly boosted tourism in Switzerland by regularly featuring the country's lakes, misty valleys and snow-capped mountains as the backdrop for his song and dance sequences.
Bush Theatre, W12, to 13 Jun MC It's a good week in Wales, where Gary Owen's Iphigenia In Splott opens at the Sherman, Cardiff (Fri to 16 May); Alun Saunders's A Good Clean Heart continues (The Other Room at Porter's, Cardiff, to 16 May); and, in Merthyr, National Theatre Wales brings Brecht's Mother Courage And Her Children to the valleys.
Dai believes the film will go down well in the valleys and that people will view it with nostalgia "because those events did happen and they were part of them".
There are some gorgeous, independent guesthouses in this area (see right), but they are hidden in valleys or at the end of dirt tracks.
Something big that she believes could begin to sweep through the valleys, towns and cities of Wales.
As the air turns from blue to mauve to black, a muddled galaxy of white, green and orange bulbs flickers on; a pointillist accident spilled over distant valleys and hills.
From 1951 to 1962 the AEC detonated more than 100 bombs, sending huge pinkish plumes of radioactive dust across the stony valleys and canyons of southern Utah and northern Arizona.
