ASIEH NAMDAR, CNN ANCHOR: Thousands of years ago, Greek traders began planting grapes in Spain. Now, the country is one of the world's largest producers of wine. TV Galicia has the story of an unusual vineyard where workers go to great lengths to produce high-quality wines.</s>ANXO VASQUEZ, TV GALICIA CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Getting on a boat to go sailing on a reservoir seems more related to fishing or enjoying free time rather than harvesting. However, these people are getting ready to go and collect bunches of grapes for making wine just as they do every autumn. This area of jagged rock faces situated between the provinces of Lugo (ph) and Lorenze (ph) is called the Seal Canyons. From time immemorial, vineyards lined the steep slopes along the sides of the river, cultivated along terraces which here are also called walls and patals (ph). Nature and man became allies so that the vineyards could be cultivated in this way. Nature contributed the climate and has cast soil on the hillside. Man has made the terraces and took advantage of every single corner where it was possible to plant a vine. In the Robe Desuccor (ph), and especially in Amandi, the cultivation of vineyards is a very ancient practice. Legends say that the wine that came from these lands caused the delight of the Caesars in Rome. There is no doubt that wine cultivated in these conditions could indeed have been the joy of important people like them. But the first documents referring to agriculture (ph) in the area date back to the eighth the ninth century. In the 12th century, the 11th count of Flemence (ph) writes in reference to the area: "
Galician Vineyards Go to Great Lengths to Harvest Grapes