A new wave of winemakers are reviving the legendary commandaria wine from Cyprus. The Karseras Winery was one of the first independent family producers. Commandaria is probably the oldest recognised ...

Editor’s Note: CNN’s On the Road series brings you a greater insight into the customs and culture of Cyprus. CNN.com explores the places, the people and the passions unique to this eastern ...

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Praised by the ancient Greek giants Homer and Euripides for its superb quality nearly 3,000 years ago, Cyprus’ Commandaria is the world’s oldest recorded and named wine. Despite ...

There are few wines that I would call legendary. The sweet Commandaria from Cyprus is one. Some people say it is the world's oldest wine. Perhaps that is so. It has in any case been around long enough ...

Through the lens of modernity, the Crusades look quite strange. In military history, they are scoffed at as poorly planned adventurism with a veneer of religious fervor. In popular thought, a crusade ...

Cyprus’ traditional wine, Commandaria, has been officially inscribed on the Unesco Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The decision was announced on Wednesday by the ...

“The wines of this island are so thick and rich, as if they are meant to be consumed like honey on bread,” 13th century German bishop Wilbrand von Oldenburg, who chronicled his travels around the ...

Editor’s Note: CNN’s On the Road series brings you a greater insight into the customs and culture of Cyprus. CNN.com explores the places, the people and the passions unique to this eastern ...

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Editor’s Note: CNN’s On the Road series brings you a greater insight into the customs and culture of Cyprus. CNN.com explores the places, the people and the passions unique to this eastern ...