Earliest Known Winery Found in Armenian Cave

Earliest known winery found in Armenian cave
The earliest known winery has been uncovered in a cave in the mountains of Armenia. A vat to press the grapes, fermentation jars and even a cup and drinking bowl dating to about 6,000 years ago were discovered in the cave complex by an international team of researchers. While older evidence of wine drinking has been found, this is the earliest example of complete wine production, according to Gregory Areshian of the University of California, Los Angeles, co-director of the excavation. The findin...

Earliest known winery found in Armenian cave
WASHINGTON (AP) — The earliest known winery has been uncovered in a cave in the mountains of Armenia. A vat to press the grapes, fermentation jars and even a cup and drinking bowl dating to about 6,000 years ago were discovered in the cave complex by an international team of researchers. While older evidence of wine drinking has been found, this is the earliest example of complete wine production, according to Gregory Areshian of the University of California, Los Angeles, co-director of th...

Earliest Known Winery Discovered In Armenian Cave
This undated handout photo provided by National Geographic shows a wine press, behind which an archaeological identification kit is placed, In Armenia. The vat, right of the press, apparently used for accumulating grape juice and the consequent wine fermentation, emerges clearly here as a result of the excavation. The earliest known wine-making equipment has been uncovered by in a cave in the mountains of Armenia. A vat to press the grapes, fermentation jars and even a cup and drinking bowl da...

World's oldest winery found in cave
ROME: The world's oldest winery has been discovered in a cave in a mountainous area of Armenia. A 6000-year-old stone vat in which to press the grapes, jars for fermentation and drinking bowls were found by archaeologists from the University of California, Los Angeles. The winery, at least 1000 years older than any similar find, was discovered in the same cave where researchers in June announced the discovery of the world's oldest leather shoe. The primitive winery, near the village of Areni in ...

6,000 year old wine press, oldest yet found...
The excavation paints a picture of a complex society where mourners tasted a special vintage made at a caveside cemetery, the researchers reported on Tuesday in the Journal of Archaeological Science. "This is the world's oldest known installation to make wine," Gregory Areshian of the University of California Los Angeles, who helped lead the study, said in a telephone interview. Carbon dating showed a desiccated grape vine found near a wine press was grown around 4000 BC, his team ...

World's oldest winery unearthed in Armenia
Archaeologists have unearthed the oldest wine-making facility ever found, using biochemical techniques to identify a dry red vintage made about 6,000 years ago in what is now southern Armenia. The excavation paints a picture of a complex society where mourners tasted a special vintage made at a caveside cemetery, the researchers reported this week in the Journal of Archaeological Science. "This is the world's oldest known installation to make wine," said Gregory Areshian, of the University of Ca...

Ancient vintage - Armenia has world's "oldest winery"
The world's earliest known wine-making facility has been discovered in Armenia, archaeologists say. A wine press and fermentation jars from about 6,000 years ago were found in a cave in the south Caucasus country. Co-director of the excavation Gregory Areshian, of the University of California, Los Angeles, said it was the earliest example of complete wine production. The findings were announced by the National Geographic Society. They have been published in the online edition of the Journa...

At 6,000 years old, wine press is oldest yet found
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Archeologists have unearthed the oldest wine-making facility ever found, using biochemical techniques to identify a dry red vintage made about 6,000 years ago in what is now southern Armenia. The excavation paints a picture of a complex society where mourners tasted a special vintage made at a caveside cemetery, the researchers reported on Tuesday in the Journal of Archaeological Science. "This is the world's oldest known installation to make wine," Gregory Areshian of th...

Armenia raises a glass as world's oldest winery is unearthed
THE world's earliest known winery has been uncovered in a cave in the mountains of Armenia. • While crumbled today, the edge of the wine press would have kept grape juice from spilling over the sides of the press, archaeologists believe. Picture: AP A vat to press the grapes, fermentation jars and a cup and drinking bowl dating to about 6,000 years ago were discovered in a cave complex by an international team of researchers. While older evidence of wine drinking has been found, this is the...

Oldest Known Winery of 6,000 Years Unearthed in Armenian Cave
© Huliq A cave excavation in the mountains of Armenia has yielded what researchers believe to be the oldest known winery in existence. The ancient winery, estimated to be approximately 6,000 years old, was unearthed by a collaborate group of international researchers working on the excavation of a cave in an area known as Areni-1, according to the findings published online Tuesday in the Journal of Archaeological Science. Artifacts discovered in the oldest known winery include a wide ba...

World's earliest known winery discovered in Armenia
The world's earliest known winery has been discovered in a cave in a mountainous area of Armenia....

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