New Grape Rewards

NEW GRAPE REWARDS A vineyards is greening Inner Mongolia's desert while producing high quality wines. Poplar trees to help mitigate the sand fall Alfalfa is grown in between the vines to protect the Grape grape seedlines Vines from sandstorms and help the soil become adhesive. Sandstorms 10 m Chateau Winery 100-200 mm Annual rainfall 3,000 mm Pipeline The alfalfa is Evaporation rate turned into feed for sheep 100 km away from the vineyard. A drip irrigation system is applied to nourish the plants. The survival ratio of grapes in the chateau has surpassed 95 Wine cellar Sheep farm percent. The sheep's compost is used in turn to fertilize the Yellow River grapes. Source: China Daily GUILLERMO MUNRO/CHINA DAILY