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Was this picture taken at the world’s most expensive wine vineyard, the estate of Romanée-Conti, which blackmailer recently threatened to poison the vines. and extorted one million euros from the estate?
Or was it taken in California, the largest wine-producing area in the US?
Or was it taken in the Hunter Valley, which is just two-hours north of Sydney and seemed like the more possible location for a short weekend getaway from Singapore?
Sad to say, it was not taken at any of the vineyards in any of the above locations. I was surprised and also delighted to find this growing in Singapore. Yes, you heard me right! This is grown by Wine Culture, which is one of the premier fine and rare wines boutiques and distributors in Singapore and the region.
Of course when I saw it, I had to take a shot with my Sony Ericsson Cyber-shot camera phone. Pardon me for the low quality image. I’m sure if I have a decent digital SLR with a decent lens to go with it, I would have given you a much higher quality shot which is sharp and crisp. I am happy with this shot for the time being since we don’t get to see grapes growing in Singapore everyday.
by Avril, on May 19 2010 @ 6:43 am
That’s very interesting! Thanks for your comment on my wine photo. Uva Mira is the highest wine estate in the Western Cape – the view from there is spectacular – you can also see Cape Town’s well-known Table Mountain in the distance.
by Dora, on May 19 2010 @ 7:46 am
Looks so juicy!
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by Symphony of Love, on May 19 2010 @ 9:02 am
@ Avril, from what you described, I can imagine it must have a great view.
@ Dora, I have no idea if it is juicy or not. Didn’t dare to pick one to taste.
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by cats of wildcat woods, on May 19 2010 @ 9:06 am
would not have expected Singapore!
by Katie, on May 19 2010 @ 9:44 am
Wonder if it’ll make some good wine? ; )
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by Heidi, on May 19 2010 @ 10:00 am
Looks good enough to eat – uh, I mean drink.
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by Vicky, on May 19 2010 @ 10:39 am
I would’ve picked one! I don’t know… just to see. That’s a very nice photo for one taken on a phone actually.
by Jenny Ann Fraser, on May 19 2010 @ 11:09 am
Beautiful! Thanks for sharing!
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by Carver, on May 19 2010 @ 11:19 am
That’s a great shot and an interesting post.
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by alicia, on May 19 2010 @ 11:38 am
interesting! happy ww! thanks for dropping by.
by JO, on May 19 2010 @ 12:05 pm
Thanks for stopping by my blog.
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by Pam, on May 19 2010 @ 1:16 pm
I didn’t realize there were vineyards in Singapore. I learn something new everyday!
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by Faythe @GrammyMousetails, on May 19 2010 @ 2:08 pm
I think it is a wonderful photo! your phone camera takes better pics than my camera! I do not know anything about wine, but the grapes look tasty!
thanks for stopping by & come back again!
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by Kristi {at} Live and Love...Out Loud, on May 19 2010 @ 3:49 pm
Wine? Did someone say wine? I miss wine! lol
Thanks for stopping by and linking your WW post up over at my place. Have a great day.
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by Tina T, on May 19 2010 @ 4:17 pm
This looks just like what I’m seeing on the vines in the vineyards across the street from me here in California. Glad I’m not the only one who gets to enjoy such beauty.
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by Sukhmandir Kaur, on May 19 2010 @ 4:45 pm
I didn’t catch on to what they were until i saw the word vineyard, then id dawned on me. We often see these growing wild along the river and scattered around the neighborhood, so i should have recognized it. Very cool that the people of Singapore can also enjoy growing grapes
by mizhelle, on May 19 2010 @ 4:48 pm
awww pretty interesting
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by life ramblings, on May 19 2010 @ 6:50 pm
what a great find. Happy WW!
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by Pamela M. Kramer, on May 19 2010 @ 6:54 pm
That looks yummy!!!!
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by WeeShenanigans, on May 19 2010 @ 7:53 pm
WOW.. I would never have guessed Singapore. That must have be wonderful to see there..
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by Julia @ Easy Eco To Go, on May 19 2010 @ 8:33 pm
I had no idea they made wine in Singapore! Very cool.
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by Sparkle, on May 19 2010 @ 9:15 pm
I had no idea wine grapes grew at all in Singapore!
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by Itajeff, on May 20 2010 @ 12:20 am
wonderful picture…
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by Symphony of Love, on May 20 2010 @ 12:52 am
@ Cats, I wouldn’t have expected it too. Thus I was surprised to see it outside the shop the other day.
by Symphony of Love, on May 20 2010 @ 1:07 am
@ Katie, I’m not sure if it is even enough to make any wine out of it.
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@ Heidi, yes, it looked good enough to eat, but I didn’t dare to pick any to try. These were probably the only grapes I could see.
@ Vicky, never crossed my mind to pick one. Notice I left the address of the place out of the post? Just to stop anyone who may be tempted to go over there to pick one to try.
@ Jenny, Carver, Alicia, Jo, Mizhelle, Itajeff, thank you.
@ Pam, pardon me I did not make it clearly, this is not vineyard; just some grape plants that the shop planted to show.
@ Faythe, camera phone still have its limitations.
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@ Kristi, treat yourself to some wines.
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@ Tina, yes it is. At least I get to see real grapes on the plant before they become wine.
@ Sukhmandir, glad that you get to see them growing in the wild from where you are.
@ Life Ramblings, a great find indeed!
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@ Pamela, I’m not sure if it is yummy. I didn’t dare or rather didn’t cross my mind to pick one to try.
@ WeeShenanigans, yes, a pleasant surprise for me to see grape growing here in Singapore where I least expected them to.
@ Julia, pardon me the post was not cleared. Singapore does not make wine. I just happened to spot this wine shop growing some grapes.
@ Sparkle, I had no idea too. But I reckon these are grown just for shown then to make wine.
by Hilary, on May 20 2010 @ 1:38 am
Hi BK .. surprising – it’s nice to see them individually attached to the vine, rather than one lump of berries – we’re so used to .. lovely picture .. I rather like the misty view – the grapes look slightly unripe with that light ‘sagey’ green look .. fun – thank you – Hilary
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by Indrani, on May 20 2010 @ 2:48 am
Great capture and the info on it presented so well.
by Symphony of Love, on May 20 2010 @ 3:00 am
@ Hilary, they sure surprised me. I think you are right, they appeared unripe to me too when I saw them. But anyway, I did not have the intention to try them. It was fun to be spotting grapes growing here in Singapore.
@ Indrani, thank you.
by CARMEN, on May 20 2010 @ 6:12 am
Wonderful! great foto!
Happy Wordless Wednesday!
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by Dave Q, UK, on May 20 2010 @ 6:36 am
Very interesting post. thanks for dropping by my page.
by Symphony of Love, on May 20 2010 @ 6:54 am
@ Carmen, thank you.
@ Dave, thank you for dropping by too.
by Robin from Israel, on May 20 2010 @ 8:09 am
How terrible, to threaten to poison the vines. That man should be ashamed of himself to stoop so low.
Enjoy your Singaporean grapes
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by Sue, on May 20 2010 @ 9:47 am
That’s very interesting. I don’t know much about vineyards. Thanks for sharing this info & you took a great shot!
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by Symphony of Love, on May 20 2010 @ 10:21 am
@ Robin, terrible indeed, to think of what people would do for money.
@ Sue, I know as much as you know about vineyards. All the best to you.
by Spice, on May 20 2010 @ 11:58 am
They look yummy wherever they are from.
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by Symphony of Love, on May 20 2010 @ 7:12 pm
@ Spice, it could be a little deceiving because I took the shot pretty close and they do appear big in photo.
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by Icy BC, on May 21 2010 @ 6:13 am
They look young and fresh! The photo is fine for cellphone camera though.
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by Symphony of Love, on May 21 2010 @ 7:09 am
@ Icy BC, you are right, they look young and fresh indeed. I was looking around for more grapes. But these are the only ones I saw.
by lisaschaos, on May 21 2010 @ 12:30 pm
Nice grapes! Seems they grow many places!
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by Symphony of Love, on May 21 2010 @ 7:36 pm
@ Lisa, they do certainly seems to grow in many places.
by Melissa B., on May 23 2010 @ 9:33 pm
I’ve recently taken a liking to Oregon wines. The Willamette Valley has the tastiest grapes!
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by Symphony of Love, on May 24 2010 @ 9:41 am
@ Melissa, I certainly hope that I could taste it.
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