In Spain we extract gold from stones. You only have to leave the big city for a few hours to confirm this fact, which can save us from many present and future crises. Several decades ago, a farmer from Valladolid understood it this way: He felt that that rocky land was worth more than it seemed. The massive boulders on his property were remnants of a time long ago when rivers, now tamed or gone, dragged the mineral memory of the plateau down the mountain. For thousands of years, those ancient canals polished the stones, surrounded them with nature’s patience and left them there, on the plains of Valladolid in Rueda, like someone spreading a rough, shiny carpet…. See more