Mostly Muslim Mideast sets sights on wine
By Dale Gavlak | China Daily | Updated: 2010-08-02 08:09
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Jordanian wine producer Omar Zumot inspects his organic wine vineyard in the village of Sama Al-Sarhan, north of Jordan on Thursday. Mohammad Abu Ghosh / Associated Press |
SAMA AL-SARHAN, Jordan - Omar Zumot goes to extremes when making his organic wine. Specially cultivated sheep lick the dry leaves off the vines, their saliva serving as an anti-bacterial, while fish from a nearby pond produce nitrates to fertilize this northern vineyard.
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