Of Vines and Wines: The Production and Consumption of Wine in Anatolian Civilizations through the Ages

This volume explores the long, rich traditions of viticulture and wine

production in Anatolia and Thrace, from the Neolithic era to the present

day. Chapters by ten contributing authors illustrate the important and

varied roles that viticulture has played in the Anatolian region, and how

the vine and wine have shaped the civilizations of Anatolian peoples for

millennia. Examining archaeological remains, archival and historical

texts, works of art, the records of chroniclers, ethnographic data,

migration and demographic patterns, and contemporary legislation and

advertising, the ten authors collectively reveal the importance of wine

production and consumption in Anatolia’s past, and demonstrate why its

legacy of tangible and intangible cultural heritage should be valued in

the present, and protected in the future.