SINGAPORE - We are ambling among the vines of Bin Nun Winery, located on the foothills of Jerusalem in Israel. It is a bright and breezy day, and the grapes are starting to ripen, forming pretty clusters of green and purplish orbs.
In the 40-degree summer heat, Bin Nun's co-founder and wine-grower Danny Yaniv points out a 3,000-year-old winepress. Nearby is a mikveh - an ancient bath or pool - designed to purify those who were producing the wine, which was often used in Judaic rituals, he explains.
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