Architecture and wine culture

Andalusia, Catalonia, La Rioja, and other regions Maria José Yravedra Soriano, Dr. Architect This book presents, through images and historical graphic documents, the past and present of the cultural and artistic heritage of industrial winery architecture, a subject that has been little explored and known until now. It offers an in-depth analysis of a new and surprising topic, filling a bibliographic void, and timely responding to the current and growing demand that in recent years has generated interest in the hiring of internationally renowned architects for the construction of new wineries, which have become cultural landmarks on the tourist routes of our geography. Spain has the largest vineyard area in the world and is the third largest wine producer, requiring a book that reflects the architectural quality and emblem of the wine cultural tradition. The archaeological journey through civilizations reveals new philosophical aspects inherent to the wine culture as a multifaceted product, a world filled with mythology, symbolism, and landscapes, representing the evolution of history and human culture. Therefore, the book is aimed at winemakers, oenologists, other professionals, and the general public, unveiling through architecture the secrets of a great wine. Likewise, the demonstration of the biunivocal relationship between the characteristics of wine and the architecture of aging wineries becomes a tool aimed at architects and technicians who need to start from a context of keys and guidelines for the functional, technical, and cultural requirements for the creative configuration of these buildings. The tangible transformation of winery architecture demands this technical knowledge. The book consists of three chapters. The first, titled THE MAN, THE ARCHITECTURE, and THE WINE, analyzes THE EVOLUTION OF WINE CULTURE, its mythology, symbols, and wine tasting rituals in the history of civilizations, as well as a summary of its production and current legislation. The second chapter, HISTORY OF WINE ARCHITECTURE, describes the etymology and historical evolution of urban planning and construction guidelines for the winepress and aging cellar inside and outside the Iberian Peninsula. From the perspective of Egyptian, Greek, and Roman wine presses, the archeology of the cellar serves as an important gauge to measure the cultural level and technological development of each civilization. The wineries of Renaissance Italian rural villas, Carolingian wineries, Cistercian and Jeronimos monasteries in Spain, etc., the wineries that supplied the royal houses of the Habsburgs and Bourbons in Spain, are ambassadors of wine culture. [...] Published by: Munilla-Leria (2003), 24 x 28 cm, 335 pages, hardcover, ISBN: 8489150656