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The oldest archeological evidence of wine making dates to about 6000 . After the fall of Rome, the Christian church sanctioned wine making and its trade, and with the coming of th. .

The oldest archeological evidence of wine making dates to about 6000 . from a site in what is now the country of Georgia. Wine was traded in Hammurabi's Mesopotamia and in pharaonic Egypt, and its production expanded exponentially in tandem with the Greco-Roman empires. After the fall of Rome, the Christian church sanctioned wine making and its trade, and with the coming of the Renaissance and the early modern period, the business progressed in step with other improvements in transportation, politics and commerce.

But when civilization began about 8,000 years ago it didn't take long for wine to move from an instrument of spirituality to a d The grape pre-dates humans, so it's hard to know who discovered wine.

The grape pre-dates humans, so it's hard to know who discovered wine. But when civilization began about 8,000 years ago it didn't take long for wine to move from an instrument of spirituality to a d The grape pre-dates humans, so it's hard to know who discovered wine. However, archeological and other discoveries have made it easier to find this out since wine was used to meet spiritual needs. At least, this is the story that is usually told.

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Wine : The 8,000-Year-Old Story of the Wine Trade. But when civilization began about 8,000 years ago it didn't take long for wine to move from an instrument of spirituality to a dominant economic power; all it took was the development of trade.

The grape pre-dates humans, so it’s hard to know who discovered wine. However, archeological and other discoveries have made it easier to find this out since wine was used to meet spiritual needs

The grape pre-dates humans, so it’s hard to know who discovered wine. Thereafter, the life and death of certain cultures often depended upon the fortunes of wine trading.

Thomas Pellechia Contributor. They further tell us that wine stories mostly refer to passions, territories and traditions. Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Food & Drink. Another feature of the Georgian wine story is its grape varieties, some of which have been traced to at least 5,000 years ago. Out of an estimated 80 varieties, the red Saperavi and the white Rkatsiteli are probably the most known in the . they are the two I first tasted when I moved to the Finger Lakes region in the early 1980s.

This is a book about wine from a commercial perspective, beginning with its believed known origins and ending with a glimpse into the future of the modern wine world. The book includes many side facts and quotes pertinent to the story, plus an extensive bibliography. The story comes to fuller life the closer it gets to the present day; maps and parenthetical observations offer additional touches of color. Publishers Weekly-June 5, 2006)

Story of the Wine Trade by Thomas Pellechia (Thunder’s Mouth Press, 2006).

Story of the Wine Trade by Thomas Pellechia (Thunder’s Mouth Press, 2006). For those interested in reading more about the now-famous Jefferson wines -bottles of Bordeaux supposedly belonging to Thomas Jefferson discovered behind a bricked-up cellar wall in Paris-I recommend The Jefferson Bottles by Patrick Radden Keefe from the September 3 and 10, 2007, issue of The New Yorker and The Billionaire’s Vinegar: The Mystery of the World’s Most Expensive. Bottle of Wine by Benjamin Wallace (Crown, 2008).

Thomas Pellechia has been a wine salesman, a winery owner, a specialty wine shop owner, and a judge for the American Wine . His latest book is Wine: the 8,000 Year-Old Story of the Wine Trade. Country of Publication.

Thomas Pellechia has been a wine salesman, a winery owner, a specialty wine shop owner, and a judge for the American Wine Society. His articles have appeared in Wine Enthusiast,Practical Winery,Vineyard and Winery Management,Washington Wine Style,Spirit,Brandweek,Slow Food s Snail,Decanter,Wines and Vines,The American Wine Society Journal, and The Finger Lakes Wine Gazette.

An old horizontal wine press that used wooden planks and a square base to exert . a b c d T. Pellechia Wine: The 8,000-Year-Old Story of the Wine Trade pg 28, 50-51 and 149 Running Press, London 2006.

An old horizontal wine press that used wooden planks and a square base to exert pressure on the grape skins. a b c d e f H. Johnson Vintage: The Story of Wine pg 14-31 Simon and Schuster 1989. Thomas H. Maugh II "Ancient winery found in Armenia.