5000 Years of Fine Cretan Wines: Glimpses of the History of Wine on a Beautiful Island

5,000 years of fine Cretan wines : glimpses of the history of wine on a beautiful islandAuthors:Albert Leonard,  Philip P, BetancourtThis book discusses the long history of quality wine on Crete. After a historical introduction, the story travels back 5,000 years to eastern Crete where the earliest evidence of a fermented beverage has been discovered on the island. There follows glimpses into the many ensuing centuries including wine from a Minoan shipwreck off the northern coast of the island, the role often played by the god known as Dionysos/Bacchus, and the famous Malvasia wine that many believe was made in Crete and traded widely during the four centuries that Venice occupied the island. Recently, this history has come alive again with the recognition, replanting, and vinification of legacy grape varietals combined with a renewed appreciation by modern Cretan winemakers for the practices used by their forebearsxvii, 108 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 26 cmContents: Cretan Wine : A Brief Historical Overview of the Greek Island, / Albert Leonard, Jr An Introduction to Wine of Ancient Crete / Philip P. Betancourt The Early Bronze Age : An Early Phase in a Long Tradition of Wine in Crete / Philip P. Betancourt The Middle Bronze Age : Wine Trade in Crete / Philip P. Betancourt The Late Bronze Age : What the Minoan Tablets Say about Wine / Philip P. Betancourt Classical Greece : Dionysos/Bacchus, the Greco-Roman God of Wine / Philip P. Betancourt Cretan Heritage 1 : The Wine Glass with a Stem and Base / Philip P. Betancourt Cretan Heritage 2 : The Great Jar Tradition / Philip P. Betancourt Byzantine Wine and the Geoponika / Philip P. Betancourt The Enigmatic Malvasia di Candia Wine / Albert Leonard, Jr The Heritage Grapes of Cretan Wine / Albert Leonard, Jr The Message on the Bottle / Albert Leonard, Jr Glimpses of the Past in the Future of Cretan Wines : Resins, Raisins, Pots, and People / Albert Leonard, JrSubjects: Crete (Greece) Antiquities Crète (Grèce) Antiquités Drinking vessels Greece Crete Récipients à boire Grèce Crète Wine and wine making Greece Crete History