What's the oldest wine known to man?
Did you know…
There are high chances that the oldest wine known to man was most likely an orange wine?
It’s true. There is evidence that 8,000 years ago Neolithic men and women were making wine in what is now the country of Georgia. They used clay pots, known as Qvevri, to make the wine.
Basically, they would throw their grapes in the pot, seal with stones or beeswax, and leave it there. (True low-intervention winemaking!)
It is unlikely that they distinguished between red and white grapes or certain varieties (like we do now); they just threw in whatever they had. Therefore, white grapes were macerated on their skins, just as reds were, and would be, as we would define it today, orange wine.
So if they did it 8,000 years ago in ancient times, why is it so “in” right now!? What in the world made orange wine, in the words of Big Sean, bounce back?
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The two grapes that really steal the show in your Bordeaux reds are Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. There’s a big difference in style between the two. So, how do they taste different, and how do you know which one you’re getting (cause it won’t say on the label)?