Comments on: Where in the wine world are we? Ancient edition http://www.drvino.com/2008/01/02/where-in-the-wine-world-are-we-ancient-edition/ wine talk that goes down easy Sat, 18 May 2013 11:51:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Gabrio Tosti http://www.drvino.com/2008/01/02/where-in-the-wine-world-are-we-ancient-edition/#comment-53876 Gabrio Tosti Sun, 06 Jan 2008 01:01:32 +0000 http://drvino.com/2008/01/02/where-in-the-wine-world-are-we-ancient-edition/#comment-53876 Sweet and oxidized the fermentation was not carried to the end, so there was a higher sugar residues and often some honey was added to it, to cover the harsh and immature tannins and also to avoid an excessive oxidation, being that at that time the only sulphate present in the wine was the one produced during the fermentation.
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]]> By: Dr. Vino http://www.drvino.com/2008/01/02/where-in-the-wine-world-are-we-ancient-edition/#comment-53821 Dr. Vino Sat, 05 Jan 2008 21:53:55 +0000 http://drvino.com/2008/01/02/where-in-the-wine-world-are-we-ancient-edition/#comment-53821 Nancy- indeed! If anyone makes it to the exhibit and they have suppositions about what the wines looked like or tasted like, please do post and let us know!

]]> By: Nancy http://www.drvino.com/2008/01/02/where-in-the-wine-world-are-we-ancient-edition/#comment-53819 Nancy Sat, 05 Jan 2008 21:51:19 +0000 http://drvino.com/2008/01/02/where-in-the-wine-world-are-we-ancient-edition/#comment-53819 Excellent detective work, but here’s the real issue: What did that wine taste like? Wouldn’t you just die to be able to have one sip of what they drank in ancient times? I’m sure it was awful, but what an experience!

]]> By: Dr. Vino http://www.drvino.com/2008/01/02/where-in-the-wine-world-are-we-ancient-edition/#comment-53139 Dr. Vino Fri, 04 Jan 2008 01:40:00 +0000 http://drvino.com/2008/01/02/where-in-the-wine-world-are-we-ancient-edition/#comment-53139 Great job! Colchis it is, RichardA. And Chaz, you got the timely relevance!

]]> By: Diane http://www.drvino.com/2008/01/02/where-in-the-wine-world-are-we-ancient-edition/#comment-53126 Diane Fri, 04 Jan 2008 00:43:52 +0000 http://drvino.com/2008/01/02/where-in-the-wine-world-are-we-ancient-edition/#comment-53126 I don’t know a thing about ancient Vani or Colchis, but somehow this says “Crete” to me

]]> By: Carlos Silveira http://www.drvino.com/2008/01/02/where-in-the-wine-world-are-we-ancient-edition/#comment-52841 Carlos Silveira Thu, 03 Jan 2008 05:45:01 +0000 http://drvino.com/2008/01/02/where-in-the-wine-world-are-we-ancient-edition/#comment-52841 Modern-day Georgia.

]]> By: Cassandra http://www.drvino.com/2008/01/02/where-in-the-wine-world-are-we-ancient-edition/#comment-52828 Cassandra Thu, 03 Jan 2008 04:51:12 +0000 http://drvino.com/2008/01/02/where-in-the-wine-world-are-we-ancient-edition/#comment-52828 Yep, Colchis. The city of Vani in particular, which lies in modern-day Georgia.

]]> By: BrianN http://www.drvino.com/2008/01/02/where-in-the-wine-world-are-we-ancient-edition/#comment-52685 BrianN Wed, 02 Jan 2008 18:39:07 +0000 http://drvino.com/2008/01/02/where-in-the-wine-world-are-we-ancient-edition/#comment-52685 Greece. Not as much background as Chaz, but the ornamentation and imaging seem to indicate Greece.

]]> By: Chaz http://www.drvino.com/2008/01/02/where-in-the-wine-world-are-we-ancient-edition/#comment-52622 Chaz Wed, 02 Jan 2008 14:36:38 +0000 http://drvino.com/2008/01/02/where-in-the-wine-world-are-we-ancient-edition/#comment-52622 Modern-day Georgia.

Amateur art historian’s approach: the tight concentric circles on the piece’s borders are a giveaway that you’re near ancient Greece (where they would have been tight spirals), but the relief looks more Babylonian (Iraq) or Afghani , placing this piece farther east. The treatment of facial features is fairly crude, providing a time frame between maybe 3,000 and 1,000 BC.

It’s timely because the Freer & Sackler Galleries at the Smithsonian have a “Wine, Worship & Sacrifice” exhibit going on right now, displaying the graves of the ancient city of Vani.

http://www.asia.si.edu/exhibitions/online/Gold/default.html

]]> By: RichardA http://www.drvino.com/2008/01/02/where-in-the-wine-world-are-we-ancient-edition/#comment-52608 RichardA Wed, 02 Jan 2008 13:19:40 +0000 http://drvino.com/2008/01/02/where-in-the-wine-world-are-we-ancient-edition/#comment-52608 The answer is Colchis, a country at the eastern end of the Black Sea.

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