Buried at the edge of a wooded area in Spain, just meters from terraced land, is a recently discovered underground vessel. We surmised that at one time there were vineyards on the terraced land, perhaps up to the time phylloxera invaded and destroyed vineyards in the Penedes region of Catalonia. Now there is brush on the terraced land and a few wild grapevines.  The interior of the vessel was coated in mortar and the vessel has the shape of a qvevri. However the mortar did not look stained from red wine. One the other hand, this is a white wine region. With the vessel’s proximity to what could have been vineyards, we wondered if this was a qvevri.

Buried vessel, could it be a qvevri?

Interior of the buried vessel

Terraced landscape, perhaps had grapevines on it at one time.

We also wondered if the vessel was not used to make wine, what was its purpose. What do you think?

Cheers,
Terry