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6,000+ year old red wine

Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2011 11:21 pm
by Roy Hersh

Re: 6,000+ year old red wine

Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 5:19 pm
by Eric Menchen
Haven't read it yet, but looks similar to an article my wife sent me yesterday from the WSJ:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142 ... ifestyle_5

Today I see these as well:
http://blogs.wsj.com/wine/2011/01/11/fi ... the-world/
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142 ... 43908.html

Sam Calagione of Dogfish Head Brewing does some consulting with Dr. McGovern to make beverages based on these historical findings. That technology of this science has advanced so much since I attended the University of Pennsylvania. The headmaster of my residence, Dr. Sol Katz, was a pioneer in this field back then.

Re: 6,000+ year old red wine

Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 8:53 pm
by Tom D.
So there you go. It's in my Armenian blood. Why fight it? [cheers.gif]

Re: 6,000+ year old red wine

Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 7:17 am
by Andy Velebil
....is proving a perfect time capsule because prehistoric artifacts have been preserved under layers of sheep dung and a white crust on the cave’s karst limestone walls.
Not sure I'd want to be the poor guy having to do the digging [bye2.gif]

Re: 6,000+ year old red wine

Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 1:58 am
by Roy Hersh
I hear there were lots of tannins left. [bye2.gif]