This is the first and only book about the history of viticulture and wine making in the Holy Mountain, Halkidiki, Greece. For more than a thousand years, the monks on Mount Athos produce wine uninterruptedly. Wine is used for the Holy Communion and is one of the necessary elements of the monks diet. Apart from being a necessity in the monasteries, it was also an exchangeable or commercial item. The history of wine on the Holy Mountain goes hand in hand with that of the monasteries.