Wines, Meads and Cordials

Wine making, or viniculture, is a very ancient pursuit. According to legend, it began when Noah left his ark and at one planted a vineyard which helped him to live happily for a further 350 biblical years. But archeologists also believe the neolithic man was probably fermenting mead or wine as long as 10,000 years ago as a rather more healthy alternative to unpalatable bogwater available to him. Certainly, stone reliefs show grape vines were being cultivated by 2000 BC in Egypt, Mesopotamia and Greece.