This episode is called Cyprus but it really should be called Cyprus AKA Commandaria, the story of the worlds oldest wine still made today. We cover a lot in 23 minutes with this one - The Crusades, Monks, PDO laws, native grapes but I think that the real take away here is that if you come across wine from Cyprus drink it, because every time someone has a wine from Cyprus you are having a wine from one of the first places in the world to ever make wine, and that is f***ing cool. I used so...

House Wine

Rachael

Cyprus

JUL 6, 202222 MIN
House Wine

Cyprus

JUL 6, 202222 MIN

Description

This episode is called Cyprus but it really should be called Cyprus AKA Commandaria, the story of the worlds oldest wine still made today. We cover a lot in 23 minutes with this one - The Crusades, Monks, PDO laws, native grapes but I think that the real take away here is that if you come across wine from Cyprus drink it, because every time someone has a wine from Cyprus you are having a wine from one of the first places in the world to ever make wine, and that is f***ing cool. 

I used some great resources here: 

The Oxford Companion to Wine, 4th Edition by Jancis Robinson

https://www.winemag.com/2010/05/05/wines-of-cyprus-nectar-of-the-gods/

https://www.decanter.com/premium/wines-from-cyprus-current-trends-plus-top-bottles-to-seek-out-473948/

I mentioned some wineries: 

Kalamos: 
https://www.kalamoswinery.com/

KEO: 
https://www.cyprusisland.net/cyprus-wineries/keo-winery-mallia

EKTO:
http://www.etkowines.com/listcategories.asp?parid=11&idcategory=49&ID=&menuid=162

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Until next week, I hope you drink something delicious! 





Music Credit:

Too Cool by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4534-too-cool
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/