num_pages: 218
description: Tears of Bacchus relates the story of wine in the Middle East essentially Lebanon and Syria from the dawn of time to the present day in the form of a linear series of essays written in various voiceshistorian archaeologist novelist wine writer journalist curator anthropologist. It charts wine's influence on early civilizations and cultures religion and mythology before heading off into the Byzantine Medieval Ottoman and ultimately the modern era an age defined by strife and instability. With an introduction by Hugh Johnson.
language: English
title: Tears of Bacchus: A History of Wine in the Middle East and Beyond
publisher: Gilgamesh Publishing