The Origins of Wine

The Ancients

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🗓️ 10 March 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Wine is one of the most popular alcoholic beverages in the world. But its popularity dates back thousands of years. Throughout ancient history, wine was without doubt the drink of choice for all manner of cultures throughout the Mediterranean. So what did winemaking look like over 2000 years ago? Where and when did it start? And how did ancient winemakers transform vine-picked grapes into the ancient world’s favourite drink?

In this episode of the Ancients - suggested by our listener Todd Abrams - Tristan Hughes is joined by Dr. Emlyn Dodd to discover how winemaking spread across the Mediterranean, and explore how old the practice of winemaking really is.

This episode was produced by Joseph Knight and edited by Ella Blaxill.

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0:00.0	It's the ancients on History Hit. I'm Tristan Hughes your host and today we're
0:17.6	covering a subject that was suggested to us by one of you. A couple of months back
0:21.8	we received this great suggestion from
0:23.8	ancient listener Todd. Hi Tristan this is Todd I really enjoyed your
0:28.0	recent episode on the origins of olive oil I would love to know more about
0:31.5	the emergence of wine making where and when did it start?
0:35.4	How did it spread throughout the Mediterranean?
0:37.8	And what was its cultural and economic significance in the ancient world?
0:41.8	Cheers.
0:43.0	Well, Todd, you legend, today's episode is going to be all about what you've suggested.
0:47.3	The origins of wine, the emergence of winemaking, how far back into prehistory does this practice go?
0:54.7	To explain all, our guest today is Dr. Emlyn Dodd from the University of London.
0:59.2	Emlyn is a brilliant academic who I've known for a few years now and what's more he's based in
1:04.2	London so we were able to record this awesome interview in person at the
1:08.6	Spotify studio. I really do hope you enjoy and here's Emlyn.
1:14.3	Elyn, it is wonderful to have you on the podcast.
1:18.1	It's great to be back here, thank you.
1:19.4	The first time we did an interview together and the last time was right at the beginning of the
1:23.7	ancients more than three years ago in lockdown that was over Zoom and you were in
1:28.0	Australia now we are together in Central London we've made last. We've made it in a very cool
1:34.6	Spotify studio too to talk about an amazing topic as well, the origins of wine.
1:39.7	The origins of this beverage stretches back thousands of years deep into prehistory.
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