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P449 ORACLE 449 Sun30 Sep C4 2351:27  4-Tel    A HISTORY OF WINE:  DRINKING THE GOD   4.00pm TOMORROW "In this series, I shall be telling the intricate, turbulent and sometimes mysterious story of wine," says Hugh Johnson, the world's best-selling wine writer. The repeated 13-part series traces man's relationship with the grape from the earliest discovery of the benefits of fermented grape juice to the countless varieties produced today. This week's programme investigates the intimate links between wine, ecstasy and religion - a heady concoction if ever there was one.  1/4 Next Feature Back-Up Sports What's New
P449 ORACLE 449 Sun30 Sep C4 2357:17  4-Tel    A HISTORY OF WINE:  DRINKING THE GOD   Hugh Johnson visits a riotous wine festival in Rioja where the locals have a splendid time after celebrating mass in a hilltop church. This festival, Johnson claims, goes right back to the Bacchanalian orgies of the Ancient Greeks who used to whoop it up in honour of the god of wine, Dionysus. Dionysus was one of the Greeks' favourite gods which, when you think about it, is hardly surprising...  2/4 Next Feature Back-Up Sports What's New
P449 ORACLE 449 Sun30 Sep C4 2352:13  4-Tel    A HISTORY OF WINE:  DRINKING THE GOD  "Sex was never far away when Dionysus was around," Johnson informs us, adding that he was the one god you could have a personal relationship with - you actually drank the god of wine. However, beneath the sweaty fun of the Dionysian rites lurked dangers of the drunken excess and alcoholic madness which inspired the writers of the first tragedies and comedies. So was born the appealing myth that liberation of the mind comes with alcoholic excess.   3/4 Next Feature Back-Up Sports What's New
P449 ORACLE 449 Sun30 Sep C4 2352:13  4-Tel    A HISTORY OF WINE:  DRINKING THE GOD   In contrast to the Ancient Greeks, the Jewish tradition has a more restrained attitude to wine - "a little and often" being their philosophy. Though Jews are disciplined, they "don't deny the flesh in the strict puritanical way of Islam," argues Hugh Johnson. But they are undoubtedly fanatical in overseeing the whole process of making kosher wine - which can very easily be defiled. Just how easily Johnson finds out...  4/4 Next Feature Back-Up Sports What's New