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WINE
HISTORY
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In
ancient times, there was no such thing as good
drinking water. Since people
wanted
something to drink with their meals,
wine was a natural and wonderful alternative.
Ancient pottery jars
reveal that wine, like
beer,
was
produced by the
Babylonians about 7000
years ago and is one of the first known
biological engineering
tasks, where the biological process of
fermentation is used in a
process. The earliest known evidence of wine dates to 5400 B.C., from
Hajji Firuz Tepe in the
Zagros Mountains of
present-day
Iran.
This area was not a grape growing one, the main crops were grain
and the preferred drink of the time was
beer, which suggests that
wine was probably used as a commodity. Ancient
Babylon was located on
the
Silk Road from
China to the
Mediterranean, the
probable origin of the wine.
Wine played an
important part in ceremonial life in ancient
Egypt.
The
people , in the time of the Pharaohs, worshiped the god Osiris, which means Lord
of the vine in flower. They related his annual resurrection to the budding and
blooming of grapevines every year. Another thing they worshiped was the Nile
River. The Nile regularly flooded its banks and,
when it receded, it left rich, fertile soil behind.
The Egyptians found they could grow
flourishing grapevines on the banks and deltas of this powerful river. They
trained them to grow up the trunks of trees, and watered them with skins, a slow
but
effective process. Winemaking scenes appear on tomb walls, and the
accompanying offering lists include wine that was definitely produced at
vineyards in the Delta. By the end of the Old Kingdom, five wines
constitute a fixed "menu" for the
afterlife.
Grape growing and winemaking
spread throughout
Europe in the
Greek and
Roman times......more
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You sparkle and you shine.
You fill my head like wine.
"Never Give Your Love Away"
Jacksoul |
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Wine is the
most
civilized thing in the world.
Ernest Hemingway
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My heart is drenched
in wine
But you'll be on my mind
Forever
"Don't Know Why"
Norah Jones
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In Vino Veritas
Latin for
In Wine, Truth
Plato's
Symposium
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In victory,
you deserve Champagne.
In defeat, you need it.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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A Taste of
Wine Facts
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Wine grapes grow almost exclusively
between the 30th and the 50th degree north and between the 30th
and 40th degree south. The world's most southerly vineyards are
in the South Island of New Zealand near the 45th parallel. |
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The taste of a
wine depends not only on the grape species and varietal but
the ground and climate where it is cultivated....
more...coming
soon
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in their fields, and you won't find any of the featured items in your local
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