History Of Wines

• Dating to around 8000 years ago and is thought to have originated in areas now within the borders of Georgia and Iran

• Wine maybe appeared in Europe around 6500 years ago

• Wine has also played an important role in religion throughout history, The Greek God Dionysus an the Roman equivalent Bacchus represented wine, and the drink is also used in Christian and jewish ceremonies 

• Most common in Europe, France, Italy, spain around 2000 years ago, then quickly spread to other nations in and around Europe

• Wine was a drink for the godly rich, and was an alternative to gold about 500 years ago