History Of Wine Making
There is no exact information who and when produced wine for the first time. Therefore, on the throne claim just several peoples, who apply for myths, legends and results of archeological digs.
Greeks have even some variants - to every taste. According one of them, Dionysus taught Icarius, inhabitant of Attica, to grow grapes and prepare of it wonder-working drink. According to another variant, Orispheus`s dog had pupped with wine bush. Orispheus immediately planted this bush and since then grew grapes. The next legend has it that grapes was found by a sheep, who constantly run away from the flock and returned to sheep-cote the latest. Shepherd Stafilos, observed upon the fugitive and have found that she ate fruits of unknown plants. He gathered these berries and took them to his master Oynos. And this, on his turn, noted that squeezed juice from these berries after some time became a new taste and hoping down qualities.
The Chinese claim that the first wine is originally from The Heavenly Empire. For their proof they refer to myths about God named Yu the Great, who encouraged wine-making.
One of the ancient works of world literature is Sumerian epos “Epic of Gilgamesh”. Its main protagonist lived at the end of XXVII. B. C. During one of his traveling Gilgamesh found subterranean vineyard. It is not inconceivable that wine, which was derived from the gathered fruits, was the first on the Earth.
Persian legend about the origin of wine is linked with the name of the king Jamsheed. Basques` legends talk about the hero named Ano, who brought them vine by boat.
In this peculiar historical race the Georgians are also not backward. They cite data of archaeologists, which were found on the Georgia territory and survived from ancient time. These are grape seeds and pieces of crocks for wine storing.
The Armenians argue their first place with Noah’s site near Ararat mountain.
It is fair to say, that representatives of France, for today the most famous winemaking country, do not take part in this „competition“. Parheps, Gauls` descendants are lacking of historic facts.
However that may be, wine exists on Earth more than 5 thousand years. It exerted sometimes very noticeable impact upon the development of the civilization: the wars were broke out because of wine, were born great works of art … Wine treats a lot of diseases, but also can destroy a person. Wine – is pleasure and merriment, but it is also - grief and vice. Wine can generously reward and severely punish.
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