Thursday, November 5, 2009

History of the Wine

By the time of early greek civilization about 3500 years ago, wine was a popular beverage as well as a sacred drink. In greek mythology, dionnysus was the god of wine, overseeing all matters pertaining to the cultivation of grapes and wine production. The forfather of greek were the first to cultivate wine for cultivate wine for commercial purposed, and to market their wine abroad. Greek wine was very different from modern times-storage vessels were lined with resin. Rivalry between England and France in the 15th century interrupted the iucrative bordeaux trade. In the 17th century cheap Portugese wine entered the english market. A popular craze for zin seised wine-drinking england in early 18th century. In 1875 the French wine had take over the world & still the French wine are more popular and european wine industries had let the world in international wine trade.

Wine character, its taste and smell- it derived from many factors including the grapes it is made from, where they were grown , and the production techniques applied by the wine maker, or ecologist.

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