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Wine Country Italy - an Introduction (Part 1 of 2)
'Oinotria' s wine country, called the ancient Greeks, Italy. A name, but also a distinction, as the Greeks knew very well how to appreciate drops good, and the drobenin their pantheon the interests of wine growers and wine drinkers took Dionysus had such honorable designation determines known to prevent Italy would not even then - just the Mecca of ancient wine connoisseurs have been. And while up there in the north, milky Metschaum in Räuschebärten the Germans caught, Rome was Julius Caesar in before the important task of a lush selection of varieties and vintages those wine read that his consular Inaugustions and state banquet in a real first pleasures of the table was able to raise. Bacchus advised him, however good, because we know from ancient sources, that he for a golden Mamertino from Sicily decided. Perhaps a generation Fifty natum ante Christ, because a truly African sun shone on the island vines at that time. |
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| He would also have another drop in well-filled amphorae can approach will do that because of the slopes close under the Alps down to the southern Mediterranean shore grapes had the 'Vitis vinifera' or since ancient times in Italy the right of abode, the past without the requirement was associated , to bring joy to people. Yes, one as a squirrel, and never Iberian touch, from Portugal to the ground to Catalonia from branch to branch jump succeeded had time to, at a time when one of the Rhineland or the bear on a stick fried in, and since one elsewhere than drinks made from herbs to prepare understood there was south of the Alps long been happy harvests. |
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With conquerors are quite low in market value. As the Roman legions opened the order and Gaul and Germania Iberia incorporate their realm, they were in those regions not welcomed with open arms, and the song of the defeated Varus pleased today still loyal German hearts. The fierce Italian legionaries from landing, the fire appeared to have additional wine was drunk with a fiery subject, but only with their weapons are not enough to conquer the known world at that time. Somewhere in their entourage and against the influences of a rougher environment geschtützt carefully, followed them ie young shoots of the vine. And if somewhere sunny hill right at hilltops discovered one, then put these warriors their weapons beisiete and became wine growers, and the care and full of beautiful hope they have brought charges of the good earth entrusted carefully. Sun wine came after the North, and rejoices and the gift that around two thousand years of foreign conquistadors brought us.
• Forward to "Wine Country Italy - Part 2" |
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