Bacchus Uncorked: King Nestor’s Cellar and Wine in the Age of Heroes
Schedule
Sat Oct 04 2025 at 05:15 pm to 08:30 pm
UTC-07:00Location
Getty Villa Museum | Malibu, CA
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In Homer’s epics, great heroes, kings, and queens ruled from citadels and palaces, where one commodity proved essential for daily life: wine. Although the epics are semi-mythical, excavations confirm a Greek Bronze Age where wine played a key role. Join archaeologist Catherine Pratt as she leads us on a journey to Mycenaean Greece and the palace of Pylos. She explores the remains of wine drinking, production, and trade between faraway lands and reveals how wine was essential in gift-giving, hospitality, religion, and much more. Wine educator Diego Meraviglia then introduces the evening’s tasting selection featuring wines from the Peloponnese and the islands of the eastern Mediterranean. Following the presentations, guests will enjoy an evening of wine, food, and conversation in the Villa’s Inner Peristyle gardens as well as after-hours access to the exhibition The Kingdom of Pylos: Warrior-Princes of Mycenaean Greece.
Tickets are $125 and include a thematic selection of wine, hearty appetizers, beautiful surroundings, and friendly conversation. Limited capacity. 21 and over.
Tickets must be purchased for event entrance and are non-refundable. Your event ticket will also serve as your Villa entrance reservation. Please note, there is an additional fee for parking.
Cover Image: Two wine cups, found in the pantries of the Palace of Nestor, Mycenaean, 1240–1180 BCE. Terracotta. Hellenic Ministry of Culture – HOCRED / Archaeological Museum of Chora, CM 1006, CM 875 / Image © J. Paul Getty Trust. Photo: Jeff Vanderpool
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