New Tests Find Evidence of Wine at the Dawn of Civilization

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Issue: July 31, 1996

July 31, 1996 New Tests Find Evidence of Wine at the Dawn of Civilization The oldest evidence for the existence of wine comes from at least 5000 B.C., or more than 1,500 years earlier than previously believed, according to a new research study published recently in the scientific journal Nature.

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