A whole genre of ancient Greek wine poems survives for one reason: Byzantine schoolteachers kept copying it. The strange, thousand-year rescue of the Greek Anthology.
Traditional Georgian qvevri, the buried clay vessels used to ferment and age wine for 8,000 years. MHM55, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia CommonsBy the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team✓ Researched, fact-checked & […]
The rtveli, or grape harvest, in Kakheti, the heartland of Georgian wine. rugbyxm, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia CommonsBy the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team✓ Researched, fact-checked & verifiedAugust 202612 min readGeorgia […]
Modern vineyards in the Golan Heights — the latest chapter in one of the world’s oldest wine stories. CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia CommonsBy the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team✓ Researched, fact-checked […]
'Land Between Rivers': Wine and Trade in Ancient Mesopotamia and the Emergence of the World's First Writing System Human beings have been writing things down for a long time. However, there is a distinct […]
Before The Invention of the Green Wine Bottle Goatskin bags were commonplace among ancient civilizations, constituting a prominent way of storing and transporting wine[1]. The skin had great elasticity that allowed it to expand […]
Sacramental Wine Through the Years Two thousand years ago, many people in the Mediterranean believed that gods lived in the grapes of wine. They also believed that drinking the wine would allow them to […]
The top of the Code of Hammurabi stele: the king (standing, left) receives the law from Shamash, god of justice. Louvre, Paris. Public domain.By the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team✓ Researched, fact-checked […]
HISTORIES OF WINE DISCOVERY The history of wine is a captivating tale of discovery, innovation, and evolution. From the first accidental fermentation to the latest scientific breakthroughs, each chapter in this story has shaped […]
Noravank Monastery in the red-rock canyon of Vayots Dzor, the Armenian province that holds the Areni-1 cave. Ավետիսյան91, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia CommonsBy the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team✓ Researched, fact-checked […]
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