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Wine has been part of human history for thousands of years, being present in social life, art, landscape, diet and in the economy. Probably at first with a certain amount of ‘chance’, it is estimated that wine production was originally developed in the Black Sea region and in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia around 8,000 years ago!
Various pieces of archaeological evidence, including ceramic jars still containing wine residues, have been found in the Caucasus region, where Georgia and Armenia are today.
Since then, wine has become an integral part of human history. It is referenced in the culture of several ancient civilisations: the Egyptians, the Phoenicians, the Greeks, the Romans, among others.
Often used in religious rituals, in Christianity, for example, wine is referred to as an analogy to the ‘blood of Christ’ and as the fruit of human labour. In Greek mythology it was called the ‘nectar of the gods’ of Olympus.
It is considered that probably wine was connected to some kind of “link” between the human and the divine, as it had the ‘power’ to alter the human spirit, bringing joy, greater freedom of expression and even of vision.
“Kings, monarchs and courts used wine at their parties and events as a drink of prestige, but it has also always been part of people’s daily lives.“
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