21. January 2020 at 11:20

Small Carpathian wine walks and talks: Svätý Jur and Biely Kameň

Discover rounded hills, terraced vineyards measuring around 4,000 hectares and over 700 years of winemaking tradition.

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Gabriela Psotková , Valéria Polovková

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Dionysus or Bacchus, God of the grape-harvest, winemaking, and wine, and Saint Urban of Langres, the patron saint of all those who work in the wine industry, sit in a vineyard.

The sky is blue, the sun is shining, the wine they drink tastes like good old times.

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And they have a passionate discussion.

Because a bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.

They talk about the history of winemaking! How amazing it is!

The oldest-known winery was discovered in Armenia, dating from 4100 BC!

The ancient Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, Persians drank wine.

Because where there is no wine there is no love, once said Euripides.

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