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Passion for what you do. Ennio the teacher. Wine tourism. Enjoying with the five senses. First, there was the silent movies. Then came the sound movies. Later… Ennio Morricone arrived... I just saw the movie Ennio el Maestro at the cinema. Ennio: The maestro (Trailer) I was greatly impacted by the film for many reasons. One of them was that I met a guy who has been very happy until he was 92 years old doing what he loved most, which was composing music, and he did it in a field in which he went against the current, which was composing music for the movies (other composers and the world of cinema despised his work in the beginning). This amazing man enjoyed composing music so much that he didn't stop doing it until his death at the age of 92. In the film, you see a guy full of energy just explaining to you how he was inspired to write music for the movies. Every 10 years he said to himself that he stopped composing for the cinema and returned to classic music. But when he turned 80, he said  he would not do it ever. The westerns. As a spectator, I remember having seen Sergio Leone's films about westerns and being enchanted by his films starring Clint Eastwood. After seeing Ennio Morricone's movie, you realize that western movies weren't for an Oscar. What elevated them was Ennio's music. Clint Eastwood was also pretty attractive and interesting I have to say.  As you watch the movie you realize what this man has contributed to the world of cinema. Famous people appear in the film giving their opinion about how much this man has done for the history of cinema. They also say that although they gave him two Oscars, he

History of wine in the world and seen from Ribera del Duero. Wine Origin The history of wine begins 5,000 years before Christ in China, Mesopotamia, and Georgia. Burning sun and some grapes begin to ferment. Someone eats those grapes and starts laughing nonstop. 1000 years before Christ are the Phoenicians, good merchants, and navigators who bring the culture of wine to the Iberian Peninsula. Later, the Romans came to Spain. They were very good fighters but also organized fantastic parties in which wine would be always present. Then the Visigoths. At that time the Monasteries and the Catholic church preserved the culture of wine. In the Arab presence, it was a dark stage since the Muslims were forbidden to drink wine. Medieval wine in Ribera del Duero In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries and with the unification of the kingdoms of Castile and Aragon and the conquest of the kingdom of Granada, communication routes were safe and certain towns were famous for their wines. Among them, certain towns of what was already called Ribera del Duero stood out. Innkeepers from 100 miles around traveled to these towns to buy their wines. They did it with their carriages pulled by mules or horses. It could take them 3 days to arrive and another 3 days to come back. At that time the dangerous thing was to drink water because it could be contaminated by the excrement of cows and sheep. Drinking wine was much better for his health and for his soul. The problem was keeping the wine in good condition. It occurred to them that by digging underground cellars the wine could be kept in good condition by being at a cool temperature, without light and without noise. France forerunner of the production of quality wines. Wooden barrels. The