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Italy Part V: The Beginnings Of A Wine Region
As Florence evolves, and then suffers, a wine region begins to form in the south. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Italy Part IV: Warring Hamlets and The Gallo Nero
There is a legend in the Chianti HIlls about a race for territory and a black rooster. In reality, the history the story is based on establishes the wine region we see today. Host...
Italy Part III: The Chianti Hills and an Etruscan grape...?
The 7th-century Etruscans set the stage for 15th-century Italy's first fine wine region. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Italy Part II: Oligarchs and Maritime Republics
Medieval Italy sets the stage for the wine country we recognize today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Italy Part I: Sicily and Rome's Surroundings
Before and after the rise of Rome land under-vine in Italy was already everywhere. And what came next was the largest explosion of wine culture in the ancient world. Hosted on Aca...
Greece Part II: Homer and Dionysia
We wind our way through ancient Greek history with examples of just how important the grapevine was to their culture Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Greece Part I: The Minoans and Mycenae
The grapevine happens upon a culture that takes its love for wine to the next level, becoming the conveyer of wine to the world beyond the Mediterranean. Greece's beginnings begin ...
Wine An Origin Story Part VII: The Phoenician Influence and Greece On Deck
As we wrap up the series on the Origins of wine we see the Phoenician culture inspire the Mediterranean and eventually the Greeks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more ...
Wine An Origin Story Part VI: The Carthaginians and Bathtubs
As the Bronze Age becomes the Iron Age the grapevine begins to travel beyond its previous limits. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Wine An Origin Story Part V: Canaanite Wine and Egyptian Vineyards
Before we move into more familiar territory we watch the grapevine exit the Fertile Crescent to the Nile Delta. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Wine An Origin Story Part IV: Supras and Grape Motifs
Before the grapevine spreads west we stop for a moment to visit an excavation site south of Tbilisi in the Republic of Georgia Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more info...
Wine An Origin Story Part III: Flood Myths and Gilgamesh
As we move into our history as writers, stories emerge to tell the tale of humanity—wine comes along for the ride. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
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