Alpine wine myth: the nine best wines from lofty heights

Around 130 million years ago, the African continental plate began to drift northwards and push against the Eurasian plate. During this momentous collision, the two plates interlocked in such a way that kilometer-thick layers of rock were folded, compressed and pushed on top of each other. A process that progressed over millions of years and reached its peak around 30 million years ago, when the rock masses were pushed upwards from the south and formed a gigantic folded mountain range in the heart of Europe: the Alps.