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FACT 001HISTORY

The oldest known winemaking site is roughly 8,000 years old.

Pottery shards from Gadachrili Gora in Georgia carry tartaric acid residues dating to about 6000 BC, the earliest chemical evidence of grape wine yet found.

SOURCE: McGovern et al., PNAS (2017)