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Wine

One beverage that has been around as long as anyone can remember is made from the juice of many fruits and vegetables, but the most common wine is made from the fermented juice of grapes. Some of the earliest indications of the origins of the drink have been found in archeological digs with beginnings between 5400 and 5000 BC. Although the modern wine making has been identified in ancient Greece about 6,500 years ago.

During the Roman Empire wine was known to be the beverage of choice and with the empire's fall, the popularity of the beverage, as well as the techniques of making it, also diminished. However, the church at the time used wine as part of its religious services, which is still in use today, and the process of fermenting grapes was resurrected. During the times immediately following the fall of Rome, beer was considered a pagan drink and was shunned by most, while drinking wine was considered a sign of refinement.

The refinement of this beverage closely followed the advances in agriculture as well as food creations and with better food sources as well as a better understanding of how grapes could be grown and collected, the ancient wine industry began to retake roots in popular culture.

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