The oldest wine ever discovered, originating from Andalusia, is a white wine over 2,000 years old.

Scitech Daily ^ | August 28, 2024 | University of Córdoba - Spain

[Red Badger]

Should have saved the bottle.

There are collectors of such things that pay a pretty penny for them..........

[MIchaelTArchangel]

If it was so well sealed, they should be studying how it was sealed as it is better than anything we can accomplish with 21st Century technology.

They tested for polyphenols in the “wine”. “But the key to its identification hinged on polyphenols, ...” so it most likely was not really wine though it had been at one time.

[SunkenCiv]

Yup.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_silk

[Empire_of_Liberty]

The article reads as though some of the “sealing” was accomplished by the tomb, itself. Buried and entombed for millennia, the environment where the jar sat must have been pristine, and likely oxygen-free?

[Red Badger]

Roman era ‘wine’ would not be even close to what we call wine today. It would be poured down a drain.................

[gundog]

A weird headline that I recall from decades ago was “Three die in grape juice.” Some workers were on a catwalk above fermenting juice, and were overcome by the fumes. They fell into the vars and drowned.

[Ezekiel]

Roman era ‘wine’ would not be even close to what we call wine today. It would be poured down a drain.................

There you go. It's like the saying that when the wine goes in the secret comes out:

Back then, the bums were better known as Drainos.

[dware]

So dude in the wine jug was out partying, tried the wine and told his buddy, "Bro, if something happens to me, you gotta bury me in this stuff. It's seriously that good!"

The rest is...history.

[Red Badger]

The Cask of Amontillado............

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cask_of_Amontillado

[Sir Bangaz Cracka]

Wow. That’s where my cousin’s from. Didn’t realize that part of Alabama was that old.

[Red Badger]

Wrong Andalusia..............And I’ve been there many times.....The one in Alabama, not Spain.........Cause I’ve never been to Spain.........

[MikelTackNailer]

But you’ve been to California.

[MikelTackNailer]

Correction: “But I kind of like the music...” (- Hoyt Axton)

[Red Badger]

And Oklahoma................

[Rennes Templar]

Then when new wines sprouted from Germany, they were called Rhinos.

[Ezekiel]

Viticulturists took their secrets to the grave, so when in Germany, be sure to search their Moselleums.

[TheGeezer]

I understand that 127 BC was a very good year.

[wally_bert]

Even Orson Wells would have to agree.

[Sir Bangaz Cracka]

You’re just putting me on, right?

[Red Badger]

Nope. Had a motorcycle accident in Andalusia in 2017........