Villamor de los Escuderos
Tierra del Vino de Zamora

Villamor de los Escuderos (Villagelove of the Squires) is a municipality of Spain, in the province of Zamora, autonomous community of Castile and Leon. It has an area of 56.27 km² with a population of 494 inhabitants and a density of 8.78 inhabitants / km².

Since medieval times there are appointments where are collected the goodness of the wines of the region, only known with the place name of Tierra del Vino.

Phylloxera, an insect pest of the vine is native to the eastern United States and caused a serious wine crisis in Europe since 1863. In 1989 had killed all strains growing areas of the peninsula except Earth Wine in Zamora, because he was not liked the insect habitat, given their greater height above sea level and more extreme weather.
The planting of vineyards by grafting onto American rootstock (insect resistant) was extremely expensive but worth remedy to recover all the wine regions and is the procedure that remains today.
Therefore, only in the Wine Country, where did the Americans lack seedlings, vines over 200 years continue to produce abundant grape organoleptic characteristics are incomparable.

Wineries and vineyards 'Señorío de Bocos' in their cellars of Villamor de los Escuderos...

and under the control of the PDO 'Tierra del Vino de Zamora'...

vinifies these grapes of ancestral origin producing wines that should not fail to savor and enjoy.

Also in Villamor de los Escuderos we receive visitors of all types and condition, but those most we do enjoy are visits of the students of schools that, accompanied by their teacher, are introduced to the culture and tradition agricultural and vitis viniferous.

The region of Tierra del Vino

• The region of Tierra del Vino is located in the Castilla y Leon (Spain), particularly in the southeastern province of Zamora.
• Takes both banks of the Duero River, Spanish River wine par excellence, and is crossed from north to south along the Roman Via de la Plata (Camino de Santiago of the South).
• With a total area of 1,799 square km., Includes a total of 56 municipalities, of which 46 belong to the province of Zamora and 10 are on land of Salamanca.
• It is important to note that Tierra del Vino de Zamora is a designation of origin to a specific geographical boundaries and independent, with its own identity in its rules and regulations.

The Climate

• The climate of Tierra del Vino is extreme continental and arid, with cold winters and hot dry summers. The average winter temperature does not exceed 3° C and the summer reaches 23º C. Rainfall is scarce and annual average barely reaches 400 mm. The average altitude of Tierra del Vino is around 750 m. above sea level. In general it can be noted that, within the mentioned parameters, the weather varies in our region losing and gaining temperature moisture as it moves from north to south. The frost-free period is set at about one hundred and ninety days a year and the average period of active vegetation at two hundred ten days. The effective insolation exceeds 2,800 hours / year.

The Soil

• “Tierra del Vino” is crossed by many waterways, so the soil of our region have a strong alluvial character. Are deep soils poor in organic matter, highly permeable and with good holding power. In depth they are very clayey. On the surface, in the presence of sand plains is very common on the slopes begin to appear in the high gravel and pebbles predominate.

Conclusion

• Both pedological as climatic factors contributing to that the primary task of our land is the cultivation of the vineyard, favoring the production of high quality grapes.