where and when the first wine made?

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Answer 1

Wine was likely made before recorded history but does show up in Mesopotamia around 6000 BC. Although wine and other fermented fruit juices were probably discovered by accident, some think the origin was around present day Georgia. It was then brought to Phoenicia and cultivated in 3000 BC. It finally made it to Italy around 1000BC and migrated north from there. It is difficult to say exactly though because although experts have done numerous tests of ancient urns and jugs which reveal fermented juice, the fact that the urns were found with juice in them leads to the belief that they may have been forgotten or abandoned and the contents fermented naturally.

Answer 2

The true answer is that no-one knows. It happened in pre-history, which means that there are no written contemporary records.

There are some archaeological signs of ancient winemaking but all one can say is that one or other is the oldest so far found, not that it was the first.

If wine is fermented grape juice - and this is the normal definition - then anywhere where grapes were grown had the conditions. Grapes have all that is necessary to make wine. All that had to happen is for stone-age man to collect some grapes and leave them in a depression or pot and if some of them were crushed by the weight of those above it is possible the juice could ferment from the wild yeasts on the grape skins. Caveman drinks what he thinks is grape juice and all of a sudden life seems much much better.

When V P says 'I hope my answer will fulfill your question', what VPstrangely forgot to mention that he didn't write 'my' answer himself but ripped if off the Univ of Pennsylvania website at http://www.museum.upenn.edu/new/exhibits/online_exhibits/wine/wineneolithic.html

Answer 3

Hi,
If winemaking is best understood as an intentional human activity rather than a seasonal happenstance, then the Neolithic period (8500-4000 B.C.) is the first time in human prehistory when the necessary preconditions for this momentous innovation came together.

Most importantly, Neolithic communities of the ancient Near East and Egypt were permanent, year-round settlements made possible by domesticated plants and animals.
Overview of two Neolithic houses at Hajji Firuz Tepe, during excavation.

With a more secure food supply than nomadicgroups and with a more stable base of operations, a Neolithic "cuisine" emerged. Using a variety of food processing techniques—fermentation, soaking, heating, spicing—Neolithic peoples are credited with first producing bread, beer, and an array of meat and grain entrées we continue to enjoy today.

Crafts important in food preparation, storage, and serving advanced in tandem with the new cuisine. Of special significance is the appearance of pottery vessels around 6000 B.C. The plasticity of clay made it an ideal material for forming shapes such as narrow-mouthed vats and storage jars for producing and keeping wine. After firing the clay to high temperatures, the resultant pottery is essentially indestructible, and its porous structure helps to absorb organics.

A major step forward in our understanding of Neolithic winemaking came from the analysis of a yellowish residue inside a jar excavated by Mary M. Voigt at the site of Hajji Firuz Tepe in the northern Zagros Mountains of Iran. The jar, with a volume of about 9 liters (2.5 gallons) was found together with five similar jars embedded in the earthen floor along one wall of a "kitchen" of a Neolithic mudbrick building, dated to ca. 5400-5000 B.C. The structure, consisting of a large living room that may have doubled as a bedroom, the "kitchen," and two storage rooms, might have accommodated an extended family. That the room in which the jars were found functioned as a kitchen was supported by the finding of numerous pottery vessels, which were probably used to prepare and cook foods, together with a fireplace.

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Answer 4

china in the neolithic period
then iran about 5000 years ago

europe came later, if anyone says otherwise, check their facts very thoroughly, including the semantic difference between "wine" and "fermented beverage"