Foy, John
Winemaking is an important sector in many economies around the world. Greece, as part of the traditional “Old World” winegrape regions, has produced wine for centuries and ranks as the ninth-highest wine producing country in Europe [21]. The cultural and economic importance of the viticultura...
This is a recipe for a delicious mushroom ragù that goes well with meat or poultry. Materials for four servings: 200 g mixed dried mushrooms (porcini & shiitake) 700 g fresh white… 23 January 2025 Greek Wine Expo Oenorama Returns to Zappeion Hall March 7–10 ...
Wine is the most natural and appropriate symbol of that power, and it is therefore called "the fruit of Dionysus." (Dionusou karpos; Pind. Fragm. 89, ed. Böckh.) Dionysus is, therefore, the god of wine, the inventor and teacher of its cultivation, the giver of joy, and the ...
the Homeric poems often use the formula "the wine-dark sea," oinopspontes.1 This metaphor linking the two liquids was widely known to, and elabo rated by, the lyric poets.2 Within Greek culture there are multiple analogies drawn among wine, the sea, navigation, and the sympo- sion....
Wine has been an important part of Greek society for thousands of years. There is archaeological evidence that the Minoans, which was the earliest civilization on Gr... Read More All About Dodonian Zeus – Oldest Oracle in Greek Mythology The concept of the oracle was an important part of ...
Wine was sacrificed to the gods, was an essential part of political discussions called symposium, and was sold or traded in clay amphorae at the Agora. Simply put, wine was an important part of Greek life. In the 15th century, the Ottoman Empire colonized Greece so vineyards were abandoned...
This should not cause too great a problem with the head of the UGVC, Anthony Brun, pushing the region's 4300 winegrowers to top-up their so-called "climatic reserves" (distilled wines held back in tank to supplement poorer vintages). According to Sud-Ouest, reserves in the region are lo...
The wine would have had a heightened alcohol level and a sweet tasting finish. Ancient Greek Grape Variety: Limnio In Lemnos, you can still find wines made with a black grape called Limnio. It is perhaps one of the oldest cultivated grapes in Greece and mentioned by Aristotle as having ...
The Roman god of wine The Roman god of wine is in fact the same Greek god Dionysus but called Bacchus. As the Roman Empire conquered Greece 146 BC the Romans started to adopt the Greek gods as their own but gave them Latin names. The ancient Romans also copied the idea of the god as...