Vineyard

BORD Architectural Studio has created the new Sauska Tokaj Winery in Hungary. Perched lightly above the Tokaj-Hegyalja wine region, the 5,830-sq-m structure seems to hover over the landscape, echoing the graceful curves of the surrounding hills.

In the quiet Spanish countryside, a subtle architectural form is beginning to take shape. When completed, the Bodegas Dominio d’Echauz winery will serve as an archive, a laboratory, and a sanctuary dedicated to protecting endangered grapes.

Rafael Viñoly Architects has revealed plans for a remarkable new airport terminal. Located in Florence, Italy, its design riffs on the local tradition of wine production and will feature a green roof with a working vineyard.

As climate change, market demand and other variables impact vino supply and quality, winemakers have turned to using ultrasound on grapes to get a better drop. Now, for the first time, scientists have studied its effects on the increasingly popular rosé.

Portuguese architectural firm Carlos Castanheira has recently completed this striking eco-tourism destination, with accommodation suites that float above vast grape vines below.

Although we've been hearing about various agricultural robots that are still in development, there's at least one which is already commercially available. It's called the Slopehelper, and it's made mainly for use in vineyards.

Portuguese architectural studios Andreia Garcia Architectural Affairs and Diogo Aguiar Studio have created a clever space-saving guest house. Dubbed Pavilion House, the timber-clad home is built above a pre-existing wine cellar, located amid a stunning vineyard in Guimarães, Portugal.

Wine grape growers need to regularly walk up and down all the rows of vines, continuously stopping to check on the plants themselves and their grapes. It's the sort of thing that it would be nice if a robot could do. A robot like the VineRobot.

Located in Mendoza, Argentina amid 6,000 meter Andes, Entre Cielos is home to a tree-hotel prototype.

Italian sculptor Arnaldo Pomodoro has constructed his first-ever architectural sculpture in Umbria.

Horribly non-traditional but scientifically very sound, N2Wine's "wine globes" keep fine wines at the perfect temperature for serving by the glass - and keeps the wine "eternally mature" by eliminating the negative effects of oxygen exposure.

November 24, 2008 Two years ago we wrote quite bullishly about the impending launch from a Silicon Valley start-up producing US$4500 domestic devices for artisan winemaking and we’re pleased to report that WinePod has since won countless