Where is the wine from?
There are a lot of countries having
its “flag liquor” to put up with pride such as:
Russia and its vodka, Mexico and its Tequila,
Scotland and its whisky, Peru and its pisco, and so on;
but who would be the one to feel proud of the wine? In which county or
culture wine was made? The answer is disputed and controversial;
the cradle of wine it’s not so clear and it’s
based on a lot of suppositions that don’t shine a light on its
real origins.
History tells
It’s pointed out that wine was born during the Neolithic age (Stone age), the first findings of what it could be considered “wine” were situated on Zagros Mountain (actually Armenia, Georgia and Iran), where were found two proofs that would throw light on the cradle of wine. They were found remains of grapevines and pieces of pottery that would be considered the rests of the first wine in all history, since this ceramic it’s about 5400 BC.
The following historical finding of wine was western than the first one, in Greece, whom culture owns the first documentation about wine “Works and Days”, by Greek poet Hesiod (700 BC); in this historical document were described the harvest and the pressing of wine, whom result was consumed with water and was preserved in goat skins. There are also some news about wine during this same period in Egypt and in the famous oasis Bahariya, and it’s been told that Julius Caesar was the one who introduced wine into Roman empire from Egypt, where viticulture was already mastered.
In China the ancient inhabitants of the Oriental side mastered the art wine fermentation, about 4 thousand years ago. Wine became well known during the beginning of Christianity, being the Bible one of the ancient text that mentions wine most. By means of god Bacchus,Romans and Greeks adored the god and what he represented, and among what he represented there was right the wine.
As you see the cradle of wine it isn’t so clear, the paternity it’s among Egyptians, Chinese, Greeks and some other counties of Middle-East, and unfortunately we can’t make DNA proof, but what it’s sure is the fact that wherever wine comes from, it’s the most important drink of all history and that’s not in question.
