{"id":2571,"date":"2016-03-23T10:24:14","date_gmt":"2016-03-23T10:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lucirmas.com\/?p=2571"},"modified":"2017-03-02T15:33:45","modified_gmt":"2017-03-02T15:33:45","slug":"the-story-of-txacolis-wine-bottle-la-flor-lamps-essence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lucirmas.com\/en\/the-story-of-txacolis-wine-bottle-la-flor-lamps-essence\/","title":{"rendered":"The story of Txacoli’s wine bottle, LaFlor Lamp’s essence"},"content":{"rendered":"

As you may know, I always say that our creations tell a story. We do upcycling, which consists in recycling objects with the purpose of giving them a new utility and meaning. But the story that the product tells goes further than the moment in which was used; it is also about the origins and story that involved the previous bottle and what it contained. That is, precisely, what takes place with LaFlor Lamp, one of our key products and the specific reference we used for\u00a0upcycling a wine bottle<\/b>\u00a0to create it: a Txacol\u00ed bottle<\/strong>. Do you want to know more? Keep reading:<\/p>\n

Why upcycling a Txacol\u00ed bottle to create LaFlor Lamp?<\/h2>\n

When we finally had the final draft of LaFlor Lamp<\/a> design which Nutcreatives made specially for us, we though a slim and tall bottle was the one which fitted the best with the design. There are so many bottles of this kind but, doing a little research, we got charmed about the story of Txacol\u00ed wine and we decided it was the perfect background that would provide LaFlor Lamp the character and story we like to imprint in our creations.<\/p>\n

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Txacol\u00ed is the reflection of a region that wanted to recover its history, its traditions and its pride that came back from many centuries, and that is just the essence we want to transmit with every creation of Lucirm\u00e1s.<\/p>\n

The amazing story of Txacol\u00ed wine<\/h3>\n

Txacol\u00ed wine is a typical white wine from Basque Country<\/strong>. In its beginnings in the XVI century, it was a homemade local wine made at the Baserris (typical Basque country farmhouses) to consume locally and was exchanged between neighbours.<\/p>\n

It resisted the passing of time until the late years of XIX century, when it began to disappear. In the year 1989, some Txacol\u00ed fans decided to struggle to recover it<\/strong> and some varieties of Txacol\u00ed got the Denomination of Origin distinction. Since then, Txacol\u00ed wine has become popular again in Basque Country and that also stimulated a huge improvement in its quality.<\/p>\n

Most of the Txacol\u00ed is done in Getaria, a precious village in Guip\u00fazcoa that has its own Denomination of Origin, Txacolina Getariako, that in Basque means \u201cTxacol\u00ed from Getaria\u201d. Txacol\u00ed is now a fruity, lightly acid sparkling wine, ideal to pair with some of the local fish or seafood but also with Basque cheeses like the Idiaz\u00e1bal an even grilled meats. When served, it has to be poured out like cider<\/strong>. It is definitely a different wine, with some character that gets very flavoury and persistent in the mouth.<\/p>\n

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If you like to travel around Basque Country, Getaria is a wonderful place to visit: its green landscapes surrounded by vineyards and the sea, the town made of stone and the Basque cuisine with good Txacol\u00ed will conform a fantastic experience.<\/p>\n

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The bottle kind used for Txacol\u00ed, called Rhin bottle, do not obeys to any functional purpose: It was created in Germany specifically for white wines and that is why it was chosen to contain the Txacol\u00ed. We could have chosen any other wine reference to upcycle<\/strong> create LaFlor Lamp but, as we said before, for us the story that a bottle tells is as important as the shape, the colour of the material<\/strong> used to made it.<\/p>\n

If you decide to have one LaFlor Lamp, you are not only getting an artisan product which base is a bottle of wine: you are getting also a part of the tradition of the Basque Country with it. It is not great?<\/p>\n

If you want to discover more about the upcycling and creation process of LaFlor Lamp<\/a>, here we leave you a video:<\/p>\n