STORAGE
A MILLENNIA-OLD CELLAR NETWORK WITH THE POWER OF NATURE
The TERRA VITA wines are stored in a place that is second to none: strictly speaking, the cellar consists of a multitude of tunnels that are interconnected and partly walled off. It is a widely branched tunnel system dug deep into the loess soil on at least three levels, one below the other.
This loess – sediment deposits from the era of a primordial sea – is so hard that the underground tunnels manage without stones or bricks as supporting structures. A special feature is that they store the temperature: it remains a constant 10 degrees Celsius in summer and winter alike.
The cellar system probably has its origins in the Celtic era and served above all as a hiding place during armed conflicts and for storing and preserving food and drink. There are also traces from the High Middle Ages.
A 1,100-year-old stable 12 metres below ground
During renovation work, for example, another tunnel was discovered at a depth of 12 metres (see small picture). The floor was completely covered with undecayed animal manure. Radiocarbon analysis at the VERA laboratory of the University of Vienna determined an age of around 1,060 to 1,120 years. This shows that in times of hardship, animals were also kept in the cellar system.
According to radiesthesists, the fact that the organic material has not decomposed after such a long time is due to a special energy field, which our ancestors already made use of. Here, people were able to survive deep underground for long periods under extreme conditions.
For “right-spinning bio-vibration fields” such as this one had the effect, among other things, of preserving water and food and keeping them energetically charged. This absorbed energy was passed on to people when they consumed it.
