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History of Wine 1: 8000BC to 1500AD
This course covers both the ancient world and medieval world of wine. Which is broadly recognized as a major “civilizing” influence all over the world
You will receive more than 500 pages of material, specifically designed for this course and taste about 20 older vintage wines, including our best estimate of what wines were like in the Ancient World.
You will also receive the International Wine & Spirits Guild History of the Ancient World and History of the Medieval World timeline charts.
Wine was considered one of the critical economic and cultural influences during the Medieval Period and Early Renaissance – roughly, from 500 AD to 1500. It was a major influence on the development of European culture, which influenced culture in the New World.
This course covers the following cultures in the Ancient World (8000 BC to 100 AD):
- Early Central Asia
- Mesopotamia, Canaan, Egypt to 1500 BC
- Antanolia and Central Asia, Phoenicia and Egypt – New Kingdom
- Crete and Greece
- Eurasia and Asia
- Rome and the Roman Empire
This course covers the following cultures in the Medieval Period (1 AD to 1500 AD):
- The Byzantine Empire – The Eastern Roman Empire
- Medieval France – To 1200 AD
- Holy Roman Empire and the Duchy of Alsace
- England and the English Intervention In France
- The Iberian Peninsula – Spain and Portugal
- Medieval France – 1200 to 1500 AD
- Italy and the Early Renaissance
- Medieval Central Europe and Eurasia
- The Collapse of the Byzantine Empire – The Ottoman Empire
You will also learn about:
- What else people drank in the ancient and medieval world – the beverage eras to 1500 AD
- Grape and human interaction – a history of grape development
- “Sophisticated” wines of the Ancient World
- Wine and cuisine of the ancient world
- The impact of wine on the known world economy
- Everyday life in Medieval Europe
- Medieval food and wine
- Religion and wine in Medieval Europe
- The Importance of monastic orders to wine (“the wine monks”)
- The Impact of the crusades on wine In Europe
- The impact of wine on the world economy during the Middle Ages
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This course is available in two formats:
There is no difference in course content and instruction between course formats, which both total 40 contact hours.
- 10-week Course: class meets once a week from 6 PM to 10 PM and costs $2,095 (includes registration fees, handouts and instruction).
- 5-Day Intensive Study Course: class meets daily from 9 AM to 5 PM, Monday through Friday and costs $2,095 (includes registration fees, handouts, older vintage wine tastings, gourmet lunch each day, and instruction.