The History of Wine — From Prehistoric Fermentation to the Modern World

The History of Wine — a concise, research‑driven overview of wine’s origins, archaeology, fermentation science, and global spread from prehistoric grape fermentation and Georgian qvevri to Areni‑1, Rome, phylloxera, and modern winemaking. This episode traces evidence (6000 BC Georgia, 4100 BC Areni‑1, Egypt/Sumer, Persia, Greece), religious and cultural roles (Noah, Dionysus), Old World expansions, Indigenous American fermentations, the New World, and the 19th–20th century developments that made wine global.