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== Reflections on the Cultivation of Vineyards in Egypt == | == Reflections on the Cultivation of Vineyards in Egypt == | ||
Since its distant history, Egypt has had Vineyards in its condition of cultivation. | Since its distant history, Egypt has had Vineyards in its condition of cultivation. | ||
The grapevine is a plant that originated in the well-suited Arabia | The grapevine is a plant that originated in the well-suited Arabia; Osiris imposed it onto the populations of conquered countries in Asia and Africa, around the base of the Nile valley. | ||
In the joyous Arabia, vines are still today abundantly cultivated, and | In the joyous Arabia, vines are still today abundantly cultivated, and its dried fruit (raisin) is commercially traded in the Arabic Gulf City in order to make alcoholic spirits. Vineyards are also found in areas of the City of Mecca, on the slopes of hills that run along the pleasant valleys of Taifa and Medina, as well as in others in Heggias. But vines, and its varieties, are still cultivated in Arabia of Assiri where, to this day, the stumps are saved. The stumps have survived through various generations, and the outside of their trunks look the same as the human body. | ||
The introduction of the grapevine in Egypt was thousands of years ago, but the condition/state (CHECK) of the Vineyard and the preparation of fermented liquor can go back to the era of the Ptolemaic rule, particularly near the end of it, in which Vineyard orchards were introduced in the fertile valley of Morea (Moniaut), northeast of the populated area in ancient Alexandria. Alongside that coastal section, which was at sea level and extended towards Rossetto even beyond the other side of Lake Bourlos, that is, on that elevated clearing that tilts towards the sea and that among the many DATTOGLIERI (CHECK), a large quantity of grape stumps are still cultivated, known as Alessandrina, a highly-valued type of Vine used even to make Wine. In the Oasis of the Libyan Desert, the surviving riverbanks remaining from the ancient Greco-Roman domination are reminiscent of the ancient industry and the introduction in fields of the sarmentous Vine. | The introduction of the grapevine in Egypt was thousands of years ago, but the condition/state (CHECK) of the Vineyard and the preparation of fermented liquor can go back to the era of the Ptolemaic rule, particularly near the end of it, in which Vineyard orchards were introduced in the fertile valley of Morea (Moniaut), northeast of the populated area in ancient Alexandria. Alongside that coastal section, which was at sea level and extended towards Rossetto even beyond the other side of Lake Bourlos, that is, on that elevated clearing that tilts towards the sea and that among the many DATTOGLIERI (CHECK), a large quantity of grape stumps are still cultivated, known as Alessandrina, a highly-valued type of Vine used even to make Wine. In the Oasis of the Libyan Desert, the surviving riverbanks remaining from the ancient Greco-Roman domination are reminiscent of the ancient industry and the introduction in fields of the sarmentous Vine. | ||
After its diffusion to Greece and its islands, the grapevine was introduced by the Fenicj seeing as they were the first to undertake trips on the Mediterranean coasts, in Sicily, outside of Italy, in Provence, in Spain, etc. And with the fall of the Arab Caliphs, Egypt also lost its ancient plantations of Grapevines that were in the countrysides where the ruins of the ancient Heliopolis still exist as they also do in the southwest of the ancient "Fostad." But from ancient times to today, the Vineyards of Faioum have been preserved, so recently, the Faioum prepared/supplied new branches for the many orchards scattered across the countrysides of middle and lower Egypt. But the serious mistake (which was not made by farmers in ancient times) was that of those who chose the situation of modern Vineyards in the soil, forming the boundary of the Desert that connects and follows along the flooded Nilotic territory, since in ancient times, Vineyards benefited from permeabile soil that, without being flooded, received continuous infiltration from the Nile. At the meeting now (CHECK) the majority of new Vineyards occupy shallow, clay-like, and compact soil that keeps stagnant a continuous humidity, since it also does not maintain anything in its composition that is truly in the nature of the Vineyard. So, the Grape that a Vineyard produces, although very sugary, is also saturated with the abundant aqueous juice of albuminous mucilage which spoils the quality of Wine. | After its diffusion to Greece and its islands, the grapevine was introduced by the Fenicj seeing as they were the first to undertake trips on the Mediterranean coasts, in Sicily, outside of Italy, in Provence, in Spain, etc. And with the fall of the Arab Caliphs, Egypt also lost its ancient plantations of Grapevines that were in the countrysides where the ruins of the ancient Heliopolis still exist as they also do in the southwest of the ancient "Fostad." But from ancient times to today, the Vineyards of Faioum have been preserved, so recently, the Faioum prepared/supplied new branches for the many orchards scattered across the countrysides of middle and lower Egypt. But the serious mistake (which was not made by farmers in ancient times) was that of those who chose the situation of modern Vineyards in the soil, forming the boundary of the Desert that connects and follows along the flooded Nilotic territory, since in ancient times, Vineyards benefited from permeabile soil that, without being flooded, received continuous infiltration from the Nile. At the meeting now (CHECK) the majority of new Vineyards occupy shallow, clay-like, and compact soil that keeps stagnant a continuous humidity, since it also does not maintain anything in its composition that is truly in the nature of the Vineyard. So, the Grape that a Vineyard produces, although very sugary, is also saturated with the abundant aqueous juice of albuminous mucilage which spoils the quality of Wine. |