a little history

History of Viticulture- Egyptian records date from 2500 BC refer to the use of grapes for wine making, and numerous Old Testament reference to wine indicate that there was many cultures using wine in the Middle East. The Greeks carried on an active wine trade and planted grapes in their colonies from the Black Sea to Spain. The Romans carried grape growing into several of it's valleys, which became Geramny and other countries that are in present dayEurope. The role of wine in the Christian mass helped maintain the industry after the fall of the Roman Empire, and monastic orders preserved and developed many of the highly regarded wine-producing areas in Europe.

Wine Crossing the Seas-Grape culture and wine making were transported from the Old World to the New via the voyages of Christopher Columbus and spainish missionaries.

Worlds Oldest Bottle of Wine- Discovered in Speyer, Germany during th excavation process for building a house in 1867. The bottle, which dates back to325 A.D., was found inside a Roman sone sarcophagus that had been dug up. Several other bottles were discovered but this one is the only one with the contents still preserved.