3,700 year old wine cellar found.

WINE TALK
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Alas, no Burgundy or Bordeaux…

40 one meter tall jars, though - the guy/gal likely knew how to party.

I wonder just how much info they will be able to extract from the residue.

This was a great hobby, 1,700 years BC!

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Francois has some tasting notes I believe… :wink:

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very cool. can’t wait to taste what they come up with!

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Awesome.

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And another story:

Kinda looks a bit like my place after one of our wine tastings.
Tom

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How funny that neither of those articles references “psychotropic” resins found in the contents. I want to try THAT version hahahaha

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quite a bit

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I wonder if any jars were coravin’d or punga’d for some serious data collection…

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Didn’t find one. The lead archeologist said it was like looking for a needle in a…

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I am very curious to know what the psychoactive chemicals are

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So Rodenstock found it, right? It was originally walled off to prevent the Carthaginians from drinking the stash as they sacked Rome?

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1687 BC was a great vintage in Canaan. Cool summer, then a long dry fall allowing the grapes to mature without excessive alcohols. Many Canaanite winemakers considered it the vintage of the century, though you know how they are, declaring two of those every decade it seems.

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I’ll wait to see what Parker says

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and they say the purple drank wont last…

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Ther’ye faked. Everybody knows that Tel Kabri only bottled half meter jars in 1700 B.C.

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bravo

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Does one open these using the Audouze method?

And, I figure at the next Tuesday lunch, Jon and Roger and the Tucson guys will be tasting a range of these. [welldone.gif]

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Now I am glad I have a Durand.

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Poppy production was there in the region at this time. When the poppy capsule is cut a latex oozes out that hardens to form a resin that is a mix of alkaloids including morphine…Gary

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Looks cramped to me. They were also running out of space and sending to off site.