When was wine first introduced? Detailed answer

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When was wine first introduced?

Wine is the fermented juice of grapes. For thousands of years, man has enjoyed its taste. Perhaps the first who began to make wine were Persian peasants who lived near the Caspian Sea. The Egyptians adopted the art of making wine from them in 3000 BC. The drawings on the walls of the tombs in the pyramids depict the ancient Egyptians making wine. Wine was a common drink in the daily life of the ancient Greeks and Romans. It played an important role in religious ceremonies. The Romans had Bacchus as the god of wine, while the Greeks had Dionysus.

In the 1000th century BC, the Greek conqueror Alexander the Great brought grape wine and the secrets of winemaking to Central Asia. The Greeks also brought wine to southern France. In later centuries, Roman conquerors probably brought wine to northern France and Germany. When Lei Erickson landed on the east coast of North America around XNUMX AD, he discovered so many wild grapes growing there that he named the place the land of vines.

Later Spanish conquerors and missionaries brought grapes from Europe to California. Wine was used during ceremonies in many ancient religions. And nowadays it is used in many Christian and Jewish religious ceremonies. In times when there was a lack of drinking water, it was believed that drinking wine is not harmful, but good for health.

Wine can be made from many fruits and plants that contain natural sugar. But mostly wine is made from grapes. When we say "wine" without adding the name of the fruit, such as "peach wine" or "blackberry wine", we always mean grape wine. There are more than 8 thousand varieties of grapes for making wine.

Author: Likum A.

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