I'm sure the French would like to think they invented winemaking, but that occurred somewhere in the vicinity of Persia in about 5000 B.C.E. Winemaking came to France in about 500 B.C.E., and it came (drum roll, please) - - - from Italy! From the Etruscans, to be precise, who made wine and infused it with herbs, probably as a medicine.
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The article is published with this photo, taken at VinItaly in Verona (photo credit to Business Insider; VinItaly is the world's largest wine exposition). I must say I have been to VinItaly but I never saw anything quite like this there ;)
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