Viticulture
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Viticulture, viniculture, or winegrowing is the cultivation and harvesting of grapes. It is a branch of the science of horticulture. While the native territory of Vitis vinifera, the common grape vine
Wine grapes on Long Island
A vineyard in Brhlovce, Slovakia
A Napa Valley vineyard on the side of a road
Vineyard rows illustrating grape cultivation practices
History of wine
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The earliest known traces of wine were found near Tbilisi, Georgia. The earliest known winery, from c. 4100 BCE, is the Areni-1 winery in Armenia. The subsequent spread of wine culture around the Medi
Viticulture
…from which winemaking can begin. A great number of varieties are now approved in the European Union as true grapes for winegrowing and viticulture. The history of wine dates back at least 8,000 years. Evidence suggests that some of the earliest domestication of Vitis vinifera occurred in the area of the modern countries…
Hellenistic mosaics discovered close to the city of Paphos depicting Dionysos, god of wine
Grape harvesting at Château de Saumur, depicted in Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry (c. 1416)
Georgian Kvevri, a jar dated to the 6th millennium BC found at the Shulaveri site (Georgian National Museum).
Entrance to the Areni-1 cave in southern Armenia near the town of Areni where a winery dated to c. 4100 BC was found in 2007.