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Top. it's not distilled yet, just fermented. >> leftover grape solids from the wine-making process usually used to make liquor like grappa. today a different use. if we can get it out of here. >> why did you put so much cement on it? >> we'll be using this delightfully funky stuff to flavor the steam that cooks the vegetables and the sabodet sausages from mr. reynon inside the still. >> and we come back in an hour. >> at dusk we settle for dinner. >> look at that. >> there is the pumpkin. >> incredible. look at that. wow. >> the pumpkin is amazing. we also have that great sabodet

>> and layer of bacon also. homemade pancette. very good. oh, man, it's heavy. we made it. >> is he concerned the pumpkin's going to try to get out? >> daniel's dad can be something of a gaulic mcguyver. you don't waste stuff around here, and he's a bit of an inventor anyway. look at this. an old washing machine turned still. >> what the hell is that? >> so underneath we have the -- but to seal it there's cement. it's not distilled yet, just fermented. >> leftover grape solids from the wine-making process usually used to make liquor like grappa. today a different use.

Modern-day, fresh, merlot seed. >> exactly. >> reporter: up the coast, a winemaker shows us his vineyards. there were heavy restrictions on wine making in the holy land for hundreds of years under the ottoman empire. >> you can still find a few edible berries. >> reporter: the grapes that survive were table grapes. and so the wine from this grape could be the wine that jesus drank. >> exactly. >> reporter: turning them into wine is still a new idea. there's a tremendous sweetness to it, but's overripe now. the frifrns have a word that describes the place where the wine is from. what does that ...

Of the new testament. at a monastery nearby they craft a key component of many a biblical story, wine as made in the time of jesus. >> we are concentrate being on making the wine. >> reporter: and the history comes with it? >> the history comes with it, and hopefully, god is happy with our work. [ laughter ] >> reporter: the wine making process has come a long way since biblical times with stainless steel tanks and oak barrels which i would describe as epic. i've never sat on top of 4,000 lea liters of wine before. >> when you say jesus drank from this wine, so it means it's a huge thing. so y...

And hopefully god is happy with our work. [ laughter ] >> reporter: the wine making process has come a long way since biblical times, with stainless steel tanks and oak barrels. i've never sat on 4,000 liters of wine before. tradition and history part of every bottle. >> when you say jesus drank from this wine, it means a huge thing, so you have to, you have to continue on making this wine better and better every year. >> reporter: this was the first winery in the region to return to making wine from only local grapes, the same as used thousands of years ago. >> it grows only here in our count...