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The highest vineyard is 3,563.31 m (11,690 ft) and was achieved by Pure Land & Super-high Altitude Vineyard (China) in Lhasa, Tibet, China, on 27 September 2018.
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sometimes this feels like the best job
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in the world welcome to Tibet known to
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many as the roof of the world a land
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where the sky meets the Earth renowned
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for its Majestic Peaks and deep rooted
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Traditions but beyond its spiritual
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richness and towering monasteries Tibet
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is also home to an extraordinary feat of
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Nature and human Ingenuity the highest
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altitude Vineyard located near the Lessa
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River in kaat town Kushi County
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Lassa here at the edge of the sky Vines
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thrive in a place where few believe they
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could this is the world's highest
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Vineyard where the art of wine making
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reaches new heights this place is truly
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breathtaking quite literally I'm out of
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breath already but hey look at this
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setting look at the scenery it's really
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incredible we're going to meet Professor
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day he's going to explain us everything
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thing about the grapes and this Vineyard
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Professor D hi it's so nice to meet you
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I'm ANUK Guinness World Records at
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judicator oh nice to meet you ANUK tell
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me everything about it cuz I grew up in
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the south of France and my grandpa has a
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Vineyard but can you explain me how
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different this Vineyard is and what
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makes it so special oh yes there are lot
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of very different things the variety
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it's very special we called it super
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high a which is a variety that we have
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specifically chose and adapted for this
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region you will see the color the color
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not only red in the skin but also red in
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the purp this give us a lot of and
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signings a lot of flow no and we know
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those metabolites are very good for the
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antioxidants for the people but but for
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the for the plants themselves in fact it
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works as a some glass
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this is because in this tibit region
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they feel the high UV the sun is really
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intense I have to say yes so the people
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struggling with the Sun the people try
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to wear sunglass as you did right and
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the berries will try to some find some
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way to protect themselves but meanwhile
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it will be good for us and it will
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increase the aroma the most F uh of the
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wine that we will produce with them and
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when we taste the berry right there's a
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very good balance between the sugar and
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acid this is because in fact in this
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very high elevation region we have a
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very big day and night temperature range
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temperature difference yes yes so now
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it's very hot the Sun during the day MH
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will give the berry a lot of Sugar by
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the cold night will keep the acidity the
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plant are very smart right they try to
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develop different strategies to adapt of
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course in the context of uh climate
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change now we know uh the climate is
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changing warm and warm so one way to
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adapt to mitigate this climate change is
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to move The Vineyards to high uh
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elevation positions this could be one of
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the example so this is the future yes
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three
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,600 M this is so high so what they're
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doing here is groundbreaking yes yes
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there there are so many unknown things
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and we try to uh discover more uh
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Mysteries and I hope that next time when
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you come to visit us I can share you
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more about these Vineyards next I'm
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going to meet Mr Le the manager of the
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vineyard find out a little bit more
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about its history and culture
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it's so beautiful
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here wow so this is it this is the
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highest
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point that's so
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incredible
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[Music]
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for and what about the workers are they
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all locals
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it's been an amazing experience
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exploring the vineyard learning how it
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functions and most of all getting to
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know those that make the magic happen
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everyone has been so kind to me they
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taught me how to harvest my own grapes
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and they even let me ride a local horse
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but now I have a job to do before I
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trade away it is my great honor to stand
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before you today to celebrate a truly
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extraordinary achievement we are here to
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recognize the highest Vineyard in the
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world located right here in the stunning
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region of Tibet at a staggering altitude
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of 3,000
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56331 m above sea level I've had the
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privilege to learn about the history of
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the vineyard and the unique grapes and
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cultivation process here cultivating
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Vines at such a high altitude is no
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small feat it takes years of dedication
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hard work and a pioneering spirit that
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pushes the boundaries of what is
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possible
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congratulations pure land and super high
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altitude Vineyard you are now officially
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am
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amazing
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congratulations now there is only one
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thing left to do and it's something I've
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been really looking forward to I have an
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appointment booked with missan a
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professional suon to try three of the
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vineyard's wines in this Chateau located
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in the valley of brahmaputra river with
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the altitude of
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3,651 M first one is
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Shak stretch
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one yeah
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it's got a very nice color yes it's very
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col it smell like a lemon white flour
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does have this very floral Aroma all
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right time to
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taste do you like this one yeah it's
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very balanced the acidity and the
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sweetness is a different between B Andi
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shakon mhm yeah it's very different from
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the the Chardon I have back home yeah
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the
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second this one one is very special
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grape all name it super high a right so
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it's this unique grape variety from the
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Tibetan
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Plateau okay so it's like late Harvest
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yes something
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something this very very special wine
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that we're tasting here would be a great
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match with the dried beef this one is
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the IC one very late Harvest for the ice
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wine we they start in December with a
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temperature of-
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7° - 7° so essentially the grapes are
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totally frozen uh the grapes have lost
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all of their humidity they they've
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become dried almost and Su and so that
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makes them very sweet let's taste
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it yeah it's pure gold yes it's pure
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gold M and it is and this very strong um
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honey flavor it's a very special one yes
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so we've tasted three wines as a Chardon
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very good very well balanced we had this
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very special unique grape variety that
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only grows here in Tibet super high a
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super high a actually harvested it
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earlier today at the vineyard um and I
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held the grapes in my hands so it's very
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special for me to taste it now we
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finished with the ice wine which is also
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something quite unique because it only
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exists 3,700 m above sea level which
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makes it very very special something
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this is one job I'll never forget time
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to ride off into the sunset
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