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Grape harvesters defy vertigo in Spain's scarped Ribeira Sacra wine region

DOADE, Spain � In Spain's northwestern corner, local winegrowers aided by Moldovan laborers carefully handpick indigo-hued grapes on terraced hills facing vertiginous drops to make ancestral wines � a practice known as "heroic viticulture."

Tucked inland from Galicia's fishing coasts, the Ribeira Sacra region � meaning "sacred riverbank" � derives its name from its abundance of medieval churches and monasteries in Romanesque style.





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