{"id":51,"date":"2021-12-13T13:30:02","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T13:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/barbaros.com.hk\/blog\/?p=51"},"modified":"2021-12-13T13:35:07","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T13:35:07","slug":"wine-history-in-anatolia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/barbaros.com.hk\/blog\/en\/wine-history-in-anatolia\/","title":{"rendered":"Wine History in Anatolia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cThe Neolithic Period\u201d
Vitis Vinifera\u2019s Natural Distribution and
Archaeological Discoveries.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Dr. Patrick E. McGovern, the Scientific Director of the Biomolecular Archaeology Laboratory for Cuisine, Fermented Beverages and Health at the University of Pennsylvania Museum in Philadelphia and to Dr. Jos\u00e9 Vouillamoz from University of Neuch\u00e2tel in Switzerland who specializes in the study of the origin and parentage of grape varieties through DNA typing (or genetic fingerprinting); they both show the South East part of Turkey as the origin of grape seeds and grape domestication dating back to 9.000 BC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Wine<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cfrom the Bronze Age to Antiquity\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first traces of viticulture and winemaking in Anatolia date back 7,000 years. Wine had an indispensable role in the social lives of the oldest civilizations of Anatolia the Hattis and the Hittites. It was the primary libation offered to the gods during rituals attended by royalty and high governors. Provisions protecting viticulture in Hittite law, and the custom of celebrating each vintage with a holiday, suggest that wine was important to both ancient economies and ancient cultural practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Phrygians Introduced Wine to Greek Colonists on Anatolia\u2019s Western Flank<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the Phrygians, who lived in Anatolia after the Hittites, wine was an essential part of daily life and an important element in their diet along with olive oil, fish, and bread. The Phrygians introduced wine to Greek colonists on Anatolia\u2019s western flank, and by the 6th century BC wine was being exported as far as France and Italy from trading and production centres such as Tabae (Tavas, near the present-day Pamukkale) and Klazomenai (near Urla) both in the southern Aegean region and Ainos (Enez) to the north. Knidos (today\u2019s Dat\u00e7a), on the southwest Mediterranean coast, and the island of Rhodes were also leading centres for the wine trade. One of these early Anatolian grapes, Misket, became known as Muscat in Europe. Another variety from Smyrna (today\u2019s Izmir), was used in the production of the famous wine of Pramnios, which is mentioned in Homer\u2019s Iliad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Hellenistic Period Wine Regions\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Izmir<\/strong>
\u201cPramneion, produced in the \u0130zmir Region was a dry and full bodied wine with high tannin and alcohol.\u201d
Illias Odysseia<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gallipoli<\/strong>
\u201cPhonecia colony Lampsakos (Lapseki) is known with its wines.\u201d
Strabo, Geografia<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Central Anatolia
<\/strong>In the Galatia Region in Central Anatolia, sweet wine was produced called Scybelites.
\u201cScybelites produced in Galatia always keeps its freshness as the Halyntium wine of Sicily.\u201d
Gaius Plinius Secundus<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cThe Neolithic Period\u201dVitis Vinifera\u2019s Natural Distribution andArchaeological Discoveries. According to Dr. Patrick E. McGovern, the Scientific Director of the Biomolecular Archaeology Laboratory for Cuisine, Fermented Beverages and Health at the University of Pennsylvania Museum in Philadelphia and to Dr. Jos\u00e9 Vouillamoz from University of Neuch\u00e2tel in Switzerland who specializes in the study of the origin […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[22,18,19,17,16,21,20],"class_list":["post-51","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wine","tag-anatolia-wine","tag-buy-wine","tag-online-wine","tag-turkish-wine","tag-wine","tag-wine-hk","tag-wine-hong-kong"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbaros.com.hk\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbaros.com.hk\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbaros.com.hk\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbaros.com.hk\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbaros.com.hk\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/barbaros.com.hk\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57,"href":"https:\/\/barbaros.com.hk\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51\/revisions\/57"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbaros.com.hk\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbaros.com.hk\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbaros.com.hk\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbaros.com.hk\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}