Eastern Mediterranean Areas
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Eastern Mediterranean Areas
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This small country of contrasts and conflict does an extraordinary job of functioning at all, never mind producing world class wine. Making almost entirely white wine until the French arrived just after the first World War bringing grapes like Cabernet Sauvignon, Cinsault, Carignan, the output swung strongly towards red wine. Most wine is made in the Bekaa valley, an almost perfect winegrowing...
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A small producing country making a lot of wine according to Kosher and – best avoided unless you have no choice – Mevushal regulations. Equally there is also a lot - if not mostly - non kosher wine. Israel is a sophisticated wine-consuming nation, particularly in Tel Aviv and here Burgundy and the best of italy are as well represented as anywhere. Most of the wine areas are, like the Golan...
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There is much history in Greece in winegrowing as in everything else, but most of the last three and a half millennia won’t be of much interest. However centuries of domination and exploitation by Ottoman Turks took their toll, and while Greeks could have been establishing wonderful wine areas they were being held in impoverished servitude and watching their ancient wine traditions disappearing....
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