TORONTO — Archeologists from Canada are among a team of researchers who say they’ve unearthed the earliest evidence of winemaking in the world, dating the origin of the practice back hundreds of years earlier than previously believed. Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania were involved in studying materials recovered from the sites. “So this would suggest perhaps the technology had developed back then.”The absence of charred grape seeds, commonly found at ancient winemaking sites, remain a mystery for the archeologists though, the study says. He noted that the future excavation may yield new evidence of winemaking in the hillsides that could predate the current study. It was also the oldest-known chemical evidence of wine until the recent discovery in Georgia.

Source: National Post November 13, 2017 20:15 UTC