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Interpretive watercolor cutaway schematic of a traditional two-level pepper secadero, showing a lower hearth, one upper wooden drying grate, rising smoke and a tiled roof with exhaust gaps; not a measured reconstruction of the photographed Candeleda building.
Built structures

La Vera pepper-drying secadero

The traditional two-level pepper-drying building used for Pimentón de la Vera puts a wooden drying floor above an oak or holm-oak hearth, with heat and smoke rising through the peppers.

crop-curing-kilns
La Vera, Campo Arañuelo, Valle del Ambroz and Valle del Alagón, Cáceres
Interpretive cutaway of a Bages dry-stone wine tina embedded in sloping soil, showing its reddish tiled lining and lower boixa outlet.
Built structures

Tina de pedra seca

A tina de pedra seca is a fixed stone-built wine vat found among vineyards in Catalonia’s Bages region. These installations used dry-stone masonry and an inner lining of glazed ceramic cairons; variants and individual layouts differ.

Floors, basins and masonry tanks
Bages comarca
Built structures

Buried industrial olive-fermenter installation

An industrial fermentation patio places factory-made fiberglass-reinforced polyester olive tanks below floor level, with drainage and transfer infrastructure arranged around the buried vessels.

Pits and cavities
Spain
Interpretive illustration of Roman masonry vats with rough stone walls and smooth pale lining.
Built structures

Roman cetaria: masonry fish-salting vats

A cetaria is a fixed masonry basin in a Roman fish-processing installation. Examples at Baelo Claudia, Tróia and Monte Molião show varied forms, not one universal design.

Floors, basins and masonry tanks
Baelo Claudia, Tarifa
Watercolor illustration of a traditional handleless Spanish tinaja: a tall, swollen red-brown clay jar with a narrow mouth and thick rim on warm ivory paper.
Equipment

Tinaja

A tinaja is a fired-clay jar used in Spain for wine making and storage, with a particularly well-documented hand-building tradition in La Mancha. Sizes range from domestic vessels to monumental winery jars.

Jars, pots and crocks
Villarrobledo
Interpretive watercolor cutaway of a wooden Sherry bota with wine under flor in a two-tier Jerez solera cellar; not an identified bodega.
Equipment

Sherry bota and solera array

A Jerez bota is a coopered oak butt used for wine ageing. In a criaderas-and-solera array, butts at successive ages are arranged in scales and partly drawn and replenished; the bota's capacity and fill depend on the documented system.

Barrels and casks
Marco de Jerez
Watercolor comparison of a rectangular concrete wine tank with a stainless access door and a row of open-top concrete fermentors with broad rims.
Equipment

Concrete wine tank

Concrete wine tanks are heavy, fixed vessels in rectangular, cylindrical and tapered forms. Their thermal response and wine contact depend on mix, wall construction and interior finish.

Tanks and vats
Igualada
Reference-grounded editorial illustration of a whole horizontal coopered wooden cask resting on wooden chocks, showing its convex staves, hoops, end head and bunghole.
Equipment

Coopered barrel, cask and large wooden vat

Coopered vessels use shaped staves and hoops, but portable barrels, large foeders and upright wooden vats serve different roles. Materials and uses vary by place and process.

Barrels and casks
Jerez de la Frontera
Illustrated Galician alquitara at rest, showing its copper boiler, integrated upper condenser cap with open cooling basin, and short biqueira outlet.
Equipment

Galician alquitara

A traditional Galician direct-fire pomace still: its copper pot and cap condense vapour in a water-cooled chamber, then send the distillate through a short biqueira.

Kettles, coppers and boilers
Galicia