Why is Cappadocia’s Wine Famous?

If you ever visit Turkey, which is one of the world’s oldest wine producers with a history of approximately 7,000 years, don’t leave without tasting Turkish wines.  

If you are spending your holiday in Cappadocia, you will miss out a lot if you don’t taste Cappadocian wines.  

According to many historians, the Egyptians learned winemaking from the Hittites, who once ruled Cappadocia.  

The Assyrians called the vine the "tree of life," and it played a significant role in funeral ceremonies. In Hittite culture, offering sacred wine to the gods was a common theme in many frescoes. One of the Hittite city wall reliefs at the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations depicts King Sulumeli presenting sacred wine to the Sky God. Another relief shows the king and queen offering sacred wine and a sacrificial offering to the God of War (850-800 BC). In addition to wine, fresh and dried grapes were also likely used as sacrificial fruits for the gods.  

The plateau in the heart of Anatolia, once home to the Hittite civilization, is considered the cradle of winemaking.  

Although the history of wine is even older, it is believed that wine culture began during the time of the Hittites. The Museum of Anatolian Civilizations exhibits a pure gold wine jug and a goblet with a stem from 3000 BC, which are the oldest known wine vessels. The ram-headed drinking vessels found in Kültepe, dating back to 1750 BC, were used for offering wine in sacred ceremonies.  

Cappadocia is surrounded by such an intense volcanic landscape that the geological activity here has created both the soil structure ideal for viticulture and the famous fairy chimneys.  

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