6,000-year-old wine storage jars found in a Sicilian cave. (Dr. Davide Tanasi, University of South Florida)
6,000-year-old wine storage jars found in a Sicilian cave. (Dr. Davide Tanasi, University of South Florida)
Basically a wellness resort, from 6,000 years ago.
my ancestors living “la dolce vida” way back when. LOL
Very Interesting!
Thanks for posting SunkenCiv!
Sicily does have winters. In January, when nighttime temperatures can get to the 30’s, a nice warm cave may seem inviting.
The farther south, the sweeter the grape.
is that an ‘AA One Year Sober Chip’ I see next to the Jar?
Copper and wine. Anything beyond that is too advanced for the progressives, who say it’s killing the planet. Well, marijuana can stay too.
Love this stuff, SunkenCiv.
Good to have you back :)
“Prehistoric wine discovered in inaccessible caves forces a rethink of ancient Sicilian culture”
This find may date back to the “Stoned Age”.
“Beer is one of the oldest beverages humans have produced, dating back to at least the 5th millennium BC in Iran, and was recorded in the written history of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia and spread throughout the world.
As almost any cereal containing certain sugars can undergo spontaneous fermentation due to wild yeasts in the air, it is possible that beer-like beverages were independently developed throughout the world soon after a tribe or culture had domesticated cereal.
Chemical tests of ancient pottery jars reveal that beer was produced as far back as about 7,000 years ago in what is today Iran.[2] This discovery reveals one of the earliest known uses of fermentation and is the earliest evidence of brewing to date.[3]
In Mesopotamia, the oldest evidence of beer is believed to be a 6,000-year-old Sumerian tablet depicting people drinking a beverage through reed straws from a communal bowl.
A 3900-year-old Sumerian poem honouring Ninkasi, the patron goddess of brewing, contains the oldest surviving beer recipe, describing the production of beer from barley via bread.
In China, residue on pottery dating from between 5400 and 4900 years ago shows beer was brewed using barley and other grains.[4]”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_beer
Prices were marked on various vessels from 25 “clams” to “I’ll Make you an offer you can’t refuse” (kudos to the flintstones for the “clams)
Did this wine contain sulfites?
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Another excellent article. Thank you.
I’ve always assumed wine was very old.
[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+9%3A20&version=NKJV Genesis 9:20 “And Noah began to be a farmer, and he planted a vineyard.” Whether you read the Bible as God’s word or not, it’s reasonable to assume that they got their history mostly right.]
It’s nice to see confirmation, especially with these details.
If finding one thing forces a “rethink,” then they had based their knowledge on very poor evidence.
I love Sicily! Such a wonderful and tragic history.
I was stationed there in the mid-70’s. A great time for a young sailor.
Still working on my dream to open a Krispy Kreme store in Taormina, Sicily.
Oh, you mean like Summer in Alabama?
That was about what it was yesterday at my place.
