Ever wanted to know about the history of wine making? We know you love to drink it, but how did it all start? We've got a bit of interesting history right here from your friendly wine and liquor store!

1. Wine, Love, and Religion?
Ever wanted to know about the history of wine making? We
know you love to drink it, but how did it all start? We've got
a bit of interesting history right here from your friendly
wine and liquor store!

2. It starts with agriculture in Western civilization. The earliest
evidence of a fermented drink (from grapes at least) dates
back to China 7000 BC. The first cultivation of wild grape
vines was known to happen in coastal and southern Turkey.
The oldest known official winery was in Armenia dating
back to 4100 BC.

3. It became more widespread soon after that in the Near East
(Mesopotamia, Israel, Egypt). Then the Greeks, Romans, and
the Mediterranean areas were the first to cultivate full
plantations.

4. It's all Greek to me?
Believe it or not, the altered consciousness produced by
wine is considered "religious". The Greek god Dionysus (god
of the grape harvest, winemaking and wine, of ritual
madness, religious ecstasy and theatre) was one reason the
Greeks considered themselves to be fulfilling a religious
good deed when drinking wine!

5. Wine for all of Society!
During the 15th century and forward as part of the European
expansion (exploration and global mapping of the world)
wine production and wine consumption became a part of
main stream society and popular vineyards, plantations, and
wineries became known around the world.

6. Now we've talked about religion and
wine, how about love and wine?
In Persian legend, King Jamshid had banished a lady of his
harem. She became so sad and distraught from this she
contemplated suicide. She went to the king's warehouse and
found a jar marked "poison" (it had the remnants of grapes
that had spoiled and had been deemed undrinkable).

7. After drinking the fermented wine, she got her spirits lifted!
She took the drink to the king and he became so enamored
with this new drink he accepted her back into his castle and
declared all grapes grown in his land would now be devoted
to wine making!

8. Cheers-
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