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| El Puig de Santa Magdalena |
Today is a special day for The Grandma. She is going to climb el Puig de Santa Magdalena in Inca to homage one of her most beloved friends. Claire Fontaine has flown from Barcelona to Mallorca to share with The Grandma this experience.
During the trip by train from Palma to Inca, The Grandma has studied a new lesson of her Elementary Language Practice manual (Vocabulary 1).
El Puig de Santa Magdalena offers incredible views of the island, from the north (Alcúdia) to the south (Santanyí) and the west (Serra de Tramuntana). It's an exciting experience that you must live at least once in your life.
The Grandma is very interested in visit Inca, known for its wine cellars, because she is a great fan of wines and she likes knowing more information about their history, especially the terrible ages of phylloxera.
More information: Vocabulary 1-Personal Details
Inca is a town on the island of Mallorca. The population of the municipality is 25,900 in an area of 58.4 km².
There is a junction station Mallorca rail network with trains to Palma, the island's capital, to Sa Pobla, and to Manacor. Inca is home of the footwear company Camper.
Inca is known for its wine cellars. The town, like its neighboring municipality Binissalem, was a mass producer of wine from the 17th to 19th centuries when phylloxera destroyed the industry and its inhabitants turned to other activities such as tanning and leather craftsmanship.
More information: ABC Mallorca
Many old wine cellars are being used as restaurants for serving traditional Mallorcan dishes like sopes mallorquines, tombet and gató d'ametlles.
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| Alcúdia from El Puig de Santa Magdalena, Inca |
Grape phylloxera, commonly just called phylloxera (from Ancient Greek: φύλλον, leaf, and ξηρός, dry) is a pest of commercial grapevines worldwide, originally native to eastern North America.
These almost
microscopic, pale yellow sap-sucking insects, related to aphids, feed on
the roots and leaves of grapevines, depending on the phylloxera genetic
strain. On Vitis vinifera, the resulting deformations on
roots and secondary fungal infections can girdle roots, gradually
cutting off the flow of nutrients and water to the vine.
Nymphs also form protective galls on the undersides of grapevine leaves of some Vitis species and overwinter under the bark or on the vine roots; these leaf galls are typically only found on the leaves of American vines.
Currently there is no cure for phylloxera and unlike other grape diseases such as powdery or downy mildew, there is no chemical control or response. The only successful means of controlling phylloxera has been the grafting of phylloxera-resistant American rootstock, usually hybrid varieties created from the Vitis berlandieri, Vitis riparia and Vitis rupestris species, to more susceptible European vinifera vines.
More information: Palate Press
There's something about being afraid, about being small,
about enforced humility that draws me to climbing.
Jon Krakauer
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