Fasting is a period of abstinence not only from certain foods, but also from impure thoughts and actions. They are a way of spiritual concentration and purification of both the body and the spirit.
The meaning of fasting is different for each person. It is also a matter of personal choice how exactly to spend these few weeks – without risk to health, in front of delicious vegetable dishes or ascetically and even dangerously.
In 1819, the Irish physicist Samuel Black discovered that the French were less at risk of cardiovascular disease, although they consumed high-fat foods. The „French paradox” gained popularity in 1991 from the pages of „60 minutes” magazine, due to which the consumption of wine in the United States increased by 44%. Wine is beginning to be seen as a medicine, not a toxin. The truth is that it is, perhaps, the oldest medicine known to mankind. Archaeological excavations on the territory of today’s Georgia and Iran give us reason to believe that wine production dates from 5000 – 6000 BC. The evidence for its production in 3,000 BC is also serious. in the Middle East – Sumer and Egypt. The first wine in Europe was made in Greece 6500 years ago.
Did you know that Bulgaria was the second largest producer of wine in the world in the 1980s? Today, the country may not be producing wine on such a massive scale, but its thousand-year-old winemaking traditions continue to deliver high-quality and affordable Bulgarian wine.
Indeed, vine growing and winemaking have been part of Bulgarian culture since time immemorial. Thousands of years ago in what is today Bulgaria, the ancient Thracians were consuming wine from elaborate gold vessels in the shape of animals and mythical creatures. And who wouldn’t grow wine in Bulgaria – its sunlit hills, fertile soils and geographic latitude (equivalent to central Italy or southern France to the west) provide the perfect vine growing conditions practically all over the country.
