| Wine is an alcoholic drink made of fermented | | | | likely used as a commodity for trade.In Ancient |
| grapes. Drinks similar to wine can also be made of | | | | Egypt, wine was important in ceremonial life. |
| many other fruits or flowers but they need some | | | | Although wild grapes were never grown there, a |
| name to differentiate them from grape wine (like | | | | highly valued winemaking industry was established |
| honey wine).Wine derives from the the Old English | | | | in the Nile Delta. The industry was probably the |
| word win, that comes from the Proto-Germanic | | | | trade result between Egypt and Canaan during |
| winam which came from the Latin word vinum, | | | | the Early Bronze Age, beginning from at least the |
| which can either mean "wine" or "vine".Some say | | | | Third Dynasty (2650 - 2575 BC), the start of the |
| that the Republic of Georgia is the birthplace of | | | | Old Kingdom period (2650 - 2152 BC). Winemaking |
| modern-day wine. Wine may probably have been | | | | pictures on tomb walls, and the lists of offerings |
| made in the valleys of Georgia for over 7,000 | | | | that came along with them, included wine that |
| years. According to a Georgian legend, wine was | | | | was definitely produced in the vineyards of the |
| first fabricated between 7000 and 5000 BC, when | | | | delta. By the end of the Old Kingdom, five wines |
| a Caucasian man found out that grape juice | | | | produced in the Delta, made part of a "menu," for |
| became joyful juice when buried during the winter | | | | the afterlife. The culture of wine in Europe came |
| in a compartment in a shallow hole.Other early | | | | from the Greeks who spread the art of |
| known proof of a fermented drink similar to wine | | | | grape-growing and winemaking in Ancient Greece |
| is from a Chinese village called Jiahu dating from | | | | and Roman times.Today, the regions that most |
| 6000 to 7000 BC. The wine, discovered in 16 | | | | produce wine worldwide are Europe, South |
| buried jars, had millet, rice, beeswax (from honey) | | | | America, California and New Zealand. The largest |
| and either hawthorn fruit or wild grape in it. A | | | | wine export nations are Italy, France, Spain, |
| 3,000 year old bronze jar has also been | | | | Australia, Chile, USA, Germany, South Africa, |
| unearthed, still containing a similar liquid | | | | Portugal, Moldova, Hungary, Croatia and |
| wine.Ancient pottery jars discovered in Iran | | | | Argentina.Wine history is very important for |
| indicate that grape wine was made as far back as | | | | finding out why Europe has become such a wine |
| 5,500 BC. It is the oldest wine ever found and it is | | | | capital. The worldwide influences on the area, the |
| in the museum of Pennsylvania. This discovery is | | | | local climate, the soil, the grape species and the |
| particularly significant, as Iran was not usually a | | | | taste for the beverage made this drink become |
| grape-growing area, the main crops were mostly | | | | one of the most valuable foodstuffs in the world. |
| grains and beer was the favorite drink back then. | | | | A person who understands wine, understands the |
| As ancient Babylon was located on the Silk Road | | | | land, and therefore understands class and the |
| from China to the Mediterranean, wine was most | | | | arts. |