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consumption culture, which is actually deprived from unnecessary décor and
represents spiritual symbiosis of beverage and human creature with scent of
spiritual upgrade as normal and natural merge. In ancient times, especially
Macedonians, did not drink wine in praise of the god Dionysus, they drank it
because they had the need to challenge the god to a duel, to win and not to talk
about it. In the ancient Macedonians we can not find descriptions of their victories,
because in their mindset that is mockery of the Gods. The battle is won by God,
who through man defiles. That’s why it is not a coincidence that Alexander the
Great is proclaimed deity by the Egyptians, Persians and Indians but never by the
Macedonians. Searching for the history of wine culture in the ancient Macedonians
is so challenging. The truth that the wine road, the wine cult, the wine as a
beverage on European soil is promoted exactly by the Macedonians is paradoxical.
About wine also wrote sources as Diodorus Cronnos, Plutarch and Arian. They
indicate the ancient Macedonian wine regions on Chalkidiki, Mandy, Skione,
Akantos, Tassos and around Pella. Even Aristotle had his own vineyard in Stagira.
During archeological researches near Gram grape seeds dated around 2000-2200
years B.C. had been found. That only confirms the assumption that the grapevine is
cultivated on European soil in this area and from here it expands toward Europe. It
is to be proven with facts by us.
This story is a beginning of a research about which we have modest, but
reliable facts upon which we rely. It will be a while until we get the answer for all
or at least the most important questions. I believe that in Demir Kapija After 3000
years we will discover the lost temple of Dionysus and with all the facts that we
will gather we will be able to say that Demir Kapija is an epicenter spot when it
comes to wine trades and also in the enthronement of the wine as a cult beverage.
It is an assumption that wine, as beverage is 6000 years old. It is considered
that its preorigin is from Georgia. Wine as beverage on European ground emerges
4500 years ago. It is very questionable if this time period is bound with the import
of the technology for making wine from grape, or that happened at the same time
with the import of the grapevine from Georgia to the Mediterranean. The climatic
conditions the altitude the carbonized and volcanic soil on the Mediterranean coast
fits the grapevine perfectly. The climatic conditions had special influence when it
comes to wine producing technology. Namely because of the warm Mediterranean
sun that allows high sugar content in the grape, and reflects negatively during the
fermentation because the heat induces rapid fermentation of the wine, and also a
relatively fast process of transformation into vinegar. Ancient people, especially
Macedonians, used salted water, saline or lime to slowdown the process of
acidification of the wine. To improve the flavor, aromatic plants and pine resin were
poured into the wine. I have to make a digression regarding the expansion of the
wine consuming culture. Normally merchants were those who in ancient times
played one of the important roles in the expansion of the culture, but in this case
protagonists of this cult are the military contingents. One of the opiates which had a
mediator role between actual mental condition of the warrior and the necessary
mood that maintain the moral, were wine and opium. Wine had higher rank,
because in the same time it represents food that returns to the body the necessary
minimum of strength to endure all physical efforts. In the military formations of the
ancient Macedonians, in the time of Amyntas, but especially in the time of Philip
the second and Alexander the third, each warrior was entitled to certain quantity of
wine, before and after the battle. The quantity was determined by the available
contingent. Philip and Alexander were famous for their symposium which
represented a social event that contains meal, partying and drinking wine. If I come
upon the word potos, that means plane drinking party, binge drinking, and the word
deipnon means a lunch party where wine can be served, but not necessarily. The

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