5,000 years of fine Cretan wines : glimpses of the history of wine on a beautiful island / Albert Leonard, Jr. and Philip P. Betancourt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leonard, Albert, Jr., Author.

Betancourt, Philip P., 1936- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wine and wine making--Greece--Crete--History.

Wine and wine making.

Drinking vessels--Greece--Crete.

Drinking vessels.

Crete (Greece)--Antiquities.

Crete (Greece).

Physical Description:

xvii, 108 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 26 cm

illustrations.

Other Title:

Five thousand years of fine Cretan wines

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : INSTAP Academic Press, 2025.

Summary:

"This 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 forebears"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

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, Jr.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Online version Leonard, Albert, Jr. 5,000 years of fine Cretan wines

ISBN:

9781931534437

1931534438

OCLC:

1533634643

Publisher Number:

90104363307