Recent excavations of Late Antiquity settlements in the Negev Highlands of southern Israel
uncovered a society that established commercial-scale viticulture in an arid environment [D …

The importance and extent of wine consumption in all life aspects at the Holy Land is well
documented. The Muslim influence in this region led to the abandonment of winemaking …

Abstract The Near East and the Caucasus regions are considered as gene and
domestication centre for grapevine. In an earlier project “Conservation and Sustainable Use …

Israel/Palestine is a site of bitter struggle over definitions of indigeneity and settlerness. In
2008 the first Palestinian “indigenous wine” was released, introducing a discourse of …

A prospecting work at the Axarquia region (Malaga, Spain) was carried out in order to
identify local red grapevine cultivars preserved in ancient vineyards. A total of 11 accessions …

Etymologically related, the concepts of terroir and territoriality display divergent cultural
histories. While one designates the palatable characteristics of place as a branded story of …

The area of the Garda Lake within the Trentino province (north of Italy) is the northernmost
part of Europe where the Mediterranean species Olea europaea L. is traditionally …

Objective: To evaluate antibacterial, antioxidant activities, the existence of the major
secondary metabolites, and volatile compounds in methanolic extracts from M. sylvestris …

Due to its unique historical and geographical emplacement, grapes have been cultivated in
the Syrian Arab Republic for more than 5000 years, so the characterization of its local …

Turmeric (Curcuma longa L., family Zingiberaceae) is one of the most economically
important plants for its use in food, medicine, and cosmetic industries. Cultivar identification …