The Trees of Patmos: The Experience of a Vineyard | Dorian Amar

There are these insular spaces, like rural environments, where instinctively people are wary of what is new. But not all the time. It only took one generation for the Mediterranean diet to be partially replaced by fast food menus, and agricultural lands abandoned for new activities. After centuries of viticulture, wine production in Patmos was abandoned in the 1960s in favor of tourism. On this island, far from the mainland, agricultural know-how was not passed down to the next generation. The children do not want to resemble their parents, not understanding how one can suffer so much for so little. The Domain of the Apocalypse was created in 2011 with the aim of reviving viticulture on the island of St John, through an agro-ecological approach. Today, 2 hectares of vineyards, 240 olive trees, 40 fig trees, a permaculture vegetable garden, and bees are cultivated there in biodynamics. The first wines, released in 2016, are very successful. All of these investments are available to those who may want to embark on this journey. This book tells this fabulous adventure, naturally addressing the relationship between trees and agriculture, through the daily experience at the Domain of the Apocalypse. It takes a look at present and past generations, in the hope of encouraging everyone to reconnect with their agricultural past.