The history of wine dates back to 6000 BC. In Greece, it was celebrated by poets, historians and artists, and the Greek God of Wine, Dionysus, represented both the intoxicating power of wine as well as its social influences and health benefits.

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The earliest recorded evidence of wine production was found in a few sites including Georgia, Iran and Greece, but it is in Armenia - discovered in 4100 BC - where the oldest winery to date was uncovered. But there is hard belief that wine was being produced for far longer than has been recorded. It could date back over 20 million years ago, as fermenting yeasts evolved in tangent with fruit bearing flowering plants. The production of grapes probably begun a little after people started growing wheat, around 8000 BC.

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The oldest winery in the world was discovered in a cave in Armenian mountains. An international team of archaeologists and researches found a drinking bowl, a grape press, a cup and fermentation jars dating to about 6,100 years ago. The cave is in the area called Areni-1 in Armenia. This is the earliest discovery of wine production.

Gregory Areshian, co-director of the excavation and Assistant Director of the University of California Los Angeles’s Cotsen Institute of Archaeology says the wine can be compared to a modern unfiltered red wine and may have had a similar taste to a merlot.

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He added that before this winery was discovered, the oldest known winery was in Israel dated to 1650 BC.

The cave complex is located in Areni village in the Vayots Dzor province of the Republic of Armenia. Interestingly, just seven months before this discovery was made, the world’s oldest leather shoe, the Areni-1 shoe, was found in the same cave.