Thracian wine complex recovered by a team of archaeologists

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Source: News.bg
Author: Diana Stoykova

A team of archaeologists presented one of the biggest Thracian rocks complexes for wine producing near the Kardzhali village Yagnevo.
The complex is situated on a territory of about 5 square km. and has more than 180 stone installations for wine preparation.

At the very same place, used by the Thracians more than 3000 years ago, a restoration of the ancient rituals was performed. French guests took part in the red wine drinking as the ancient inhabitants of the Rhodopes used to do.

According to ancient Greek sources, the Thracians drank wine undiluted and with straws.

It is expected that the recipe for unique Thracian wine will be fully restored and several Bulgarian wine cellars have already announced that they will plant vines with the mysterious and newly recovered variety of grapes near the Orpheus tomb.

http://international.ibox.bg/news/id_570870591

[dweller]

1. ooh, i'm telling Steph Miller !

she'll know what to do.

dp

[Ichingcarpenter]

2. You have a star.... you need to post these

at least starting in the science forum, then the archeology forum

They do get read.

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3. I shouldn't post them in GD?

[dweller]

6. no, post wherever you want

as it's always good news to learn something new(s).

but xpost in other forums also.
dp

edit: duh

[Ichingcarpenter]

7. I enjoy them

but if you post them in the forums I mentioned they get to be digested and viewed

GD moves too fast.

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8. Ah...that makes sense, and I hadn't thought of it that way.

:hi:

[Bolo Boffin]

4. Mysterious variety of grapes?

How is a grape vine mysterious?

But it would be cool to have some wine from them. Of course not every grape produces a wine as palatable as the ones we have.

[Confusious]

9. Not one of the 5 strains we use today

I'd don't know if grapes are the same as apples today, but probably.

[petronius]

5. Undiluted sounds right, but drinking wine from a straw?

That would serously muck up the wine-snob ceremonials (especially if all you had was a bendy-straw)... :rofl:

5 km² sounds like a really big area. I wish there was some detail about how they made it, because it sorta sounds like this is not wine in quite the same way we envision it...

[Matariki]

10. Worse - the Egyptians used to drink BEER through a straw

and I can't imagine that it was very cold either. Makes me glad I live in the 21st century.

[enlightenment]

11. I suspect you'd want a straw to drink the early beers and wines.

Filtration wasn't a major step - a straw might cut down on the amount of solid matter that makes it to your mouth.

I recall reading the report from some archaeologists who built a Sumerian (Assyrian? My brain is tired) distillery for beer and, using an original recipe, recreated the brew. I believe they were underwhelmed. Really, really underwhelmed.

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12. The archaeology prof who also teaches courses in our History department...

was quite familiar with that experiment...he said it was "chewy stuff." :D

[enlightenment]

14. ewwh.

Now that is a bit of mental imagery I can do without!

Guinness is as thick as I need my beer to be . . . ;)

[Matariki]

13. Yes, I know. Chunky beer.

Blech. Again, glad to be living in a time and place where i can have cold beers in my fridge. I feel gratitude daily.

[enlightenment]

15. Agree. Absolutely.

100%!