There are a lot of drinks available out there, but wine might be the most misunderstood one. Wine also has a very fascinating history. Its wonderful taste, nutritious properties, and its psychotropic effects are what makes it so irresistible to wine drinkers. The wine trade between cultures opened up various channels that let religious and philosophical ideas to spread across Europe. It has also been frequently mentioned in the Bible and to this day, is used in the Catholic Church as a substitute for the blood of Christ. Nobody is sure when wine was created, but an ancient Persian fable recognizes a woman to be the first discoverer of wine. The authenticity of the tale is questionable, but the element of truth in the fable is that wine owes the credit for its invention to sheer, dumb luck. The first sign of wine can be traced back to some 60-million-year old fossils and carbon which have confirmed that the earliest remnants of wine belong from sometime between 5400-5000 B.C. And it is thought that the art of wine making originated sometime after 6000 B.C. The Greeks, Romans and Egyptians have had their love affairs with wine, and that is what made wine so popular in the current age. Read on to learn a little more about your favourite drink.
Some benefits of drinking wine:
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