The Historical Timeline of Wine
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Updated: 9 Nov 2018
Evelyn Anderson
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King Ashurnasirpal II of Assyria gave one of the greatest feasts in history.The invention of pottery for making, storing & serving wineEarliest evidence of wine found in potteryKing scorpion I was buried with seven hundred jars of wineLimited domestic production was under way in the Nile deltawine rations were being provided to many people even the lowest shepherd boys and assistant cooksGrape vines being cultivated on Crete and possibly mainland Greece as wellWine remained an elite drink in the Mycenean and Minoan culturesCultivation grew rapidly throughout GreecePeriods
Wine first produced in the Neolithic period
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