Wine
was first brought to South America by the Spanish and once again purely for
religious reasons. Wine arrived in North America via the colonist fleeing from
religious persecution to start a new life in the new world....
ANCIENT AMERICA
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Showing posts with label HISTORY OF WINE. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 16, 2015
ANCIENT FRENCE
In the
1800’s the French vineyards was devastated by many diseases but the main to
afflict the vines was Phylloxera an insect which attacks the roots of the
plants (this was coinciding with when the Greeks started growing...
ANCIENT ROME
The Romans
much like the Greeks enjoyed drinking parties where philosophical debates and
poetry readings took place. The difference in these parties was that the Romans
tended to get very drunk and dancing girls and orgies...
ANCIENT TURKISH
During
the Turkish occupation the wine industry of Greece was almost whipped out as
the Muslim Turks discouraged wine making and heavily taxed wine farmers. This
meant that many farmers went out of business...
ANCIENT GREEKS
The
early signs of the wine in Greece were the replica wine presses found in tombs
Crete and date back to between 3000BC-2000BC. It is thought that the Phoenician
traders introduced the Greeks to the joy of wine. After the...
ANCIENT EGYPTIANS
Now we
skip forwards a few thousand years to the Predynastic era of the Egyptian
Pharos when wine was spreading across the ancient world. Hieroglyphics form
this time show that perhaps binge drinking is not such a modern...
THE BEST INVENTION SINCE THE WHEEL
How and when the remarkable discovery of
wine was first stumbled upon?
No one
can be sure but there is an ancient Persian fable that recognizes a woman as
the discoverer of wine. According to the fable, she was a princess who had lost
favor with the King. The shame was so overwhelming that she ate some table
grapes that...
INTRODUCTION
Wine
has been the preferred beverage of mankind for thousands of years. Our natural
fondness of this drink stems from the nice taste, its nutritious properties and
not least its psychotropic (intoxicating) effects. Out...
