-Archaeologists have proved that human beings started wine making in the Neolithic Age 10,000 years ago.

-Wine is usually believed to have originated in ancient Persia in 6000 BC, when grape cultivation and wine-making were available.

-Ancient Greeks loved wine. There are many references to wine in Homer's epics. The ancient Greek god of wine was Dionysos. -Ancient Romans loved wine, and some historians have blamed the fall of the Roman Empire on the degeneration of the Roman race due to the excessive consumption of wine. The Roman god of wine was Bacchus.

-Ancient Roman armies conquered the European continent while also promoting viticulture and winemaking, conquering Gaul (present-day France) in the 1st century A.D., the origins of French wine, initially planted in the Rhone Valley in southern France, and then arriving in the Bordeaux region in the 2nd century.

-The development of wine in the Middle Ages was due to the Christian Church. Wine is mentioned 521 times in the Bible. Jesus said at the Last Supper "Bread is my flesh, wine is my blood", Christianity regarded wine as holy blood, and churchmen made grape growing and wine making their job. For example, winemaking in the Burgundy region of France is attributed to the careful cultivation of the monks and the preferences of the popes who moved from Rome to Avignon.

-Wine spread around the world in the footsteps of missionaries. The introduction of Western wine to China in the 17th century was also attributed to missionaries.

-The grape aphid plague swept through France in 1864, destroying most of the country's vineyards. Thanks to the invention of grafting French grapevines onto pest-resistant American roots, French winegrowing was revitalized.