9000 Years Old Oriental Wine Found

The Epoch Times ^ | August 30, 2005 | David James

[SunkenCiv]

An international team of researchers have discovered after chemical analyses, that organics absorbed and preserved in pottery jars from the Neolithic village of Jiahu, in Henan province, Central China contained a beverage of rice, honey, and fruit made as early as 9,000 years ago... According to Dr. McGovern, the analysis of these liquids point to their being fermented and filtered rice or millet wines – known as “jiu” or “chang” according to Shang Dynasty oracle inscriptions.

[SunkenCiv]

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[mtbopfuyn]

But has it turned?

[shuckmaster]

I believe that grapes were the first human cultivated plant and vineyards/wineries were the first impetus leading towards permanently settled civilizations. The astrological geometry which provided the basis for the earliest stone cities and the invention of the solar/lunar calender were direct results of grape cultivation. Irrigation, fortification, and pottery were all inventions of necessity for maintaining the vineyard. Ceremonial priests praying for the magical yeast to do their work was probably the origin of organized religion and hierarchy. The making and transporting of wine led to the origin of developed trade. Jared Diamond's fertile crescent grain cultivation and animal domestication were most likely a later invention of necessity that used variations of the same techniques to feed the growing communities that developed based on the wine trade.

[quantim]

Click to be added or removed.

Wine news ping.

[Young Werther]

Check the cork!

[stboz]

I think I'll go get some TBC at Trader Joe's. That stuff sounds like it's past its prime.

[Sthitch]

If it were a 1st growth Bordeaux it would still need a few more years.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Very interesting. Thanks for the ping.

I'm enjoying my homemade Dandelion Wine as I type. 2005 was a superb year for Dandelions in my (untreated) lawn. :)

[Drammach]

I just want to put in my vote for honey as probably the 1st wine, and rice wine, (mentioned in the article) is probably a close 2nd or 3rd.. (with grapes)

Honey, much like grapes can ferment naturally making it an excellent candidate for "one" of the earliest forms of alcoholic beverage..

[TheLion]

Lol....I'll have to try and figure out how to make dandelion wine, as I have them in abundance!

Any hints?

[ApplegateRanch]

Eat the greens; it's easier. Better tasting, too, that that is just one person's assessment of one batch by one maker.

[Uncle Miltie]

I've had "Chang" in Nepal, which is rice beer, with the rice left in it. It is a gloppy frizzante tart mess.

But getting buzzed on the side of Bodnath Stupa in a fall sunbeam can't be beat.

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