How Did Humans Domesticate Wine?

It wasn't invented. It was FORGOTTEN. 8,000 years ago someone left crushed grapes in a clay pot and came back to find it bubbling and intoxicating. They drank it anyway. The oldest wine in history wasn't found in France or Italy - it was found in the country of Georgia, in 8,000-year-old pottery stained with grape chemicals. That one disgusting accident led to medicine, religion, money, and empires. In this documentary, we uncover the true history of wine: from wild grapes on the Tibetan plateau to the Neolithic villages of Georgia, to Egyptian Pharaohs and Roman empires. How did humans discover fermentation? And why did we never stop drinking it? 🍷 CHAPTERS: 00:00 - It Wasn't Invented, It Was Forgotten 00:45 - A World With No Alcohol 05:00 - The 8,000-Year-Old Accident in Georgia (Qvevri) 10:00 - The Science: Why Grapes WANT to Become Wine 15:00 - Why We Didn't Spit It Out (Medicine, Religion, Money) 19:30 - From Accident to Empire: How Wine Conquered The World 23:30 - The 8,000 Year Old Accident Still In Your Glass 🔬 SOURCES & RESEARCH MENTIONED: Gadachrili Gora & Shulaveris Gora excavations, Georgia (2017) - Patrick McGovern et al. Qvevri winemaking tradition - UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Hajji Firuz Tepe wine jar (Iran, 5,400 BCE) King Tutankhamun's wine labels history of wine who invented wine where was wine invented qvevri wine how wine is made history wine fermentation history discovery of alcohol history of alcohol ancient georgia wine patrick mcgovern wine grapes fermentation wine documentary ancient history documentary food history archaeology wine 8,000 year old wine wine origins vadis ghvino #history #wine #archaeology #ancienthistory #documentary #fermentation #georgia #qvevri SUBSCRIBE for weekly hidden history documentaries.