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The History of Wine The grape，where did it come from? How did somebody figure out they could crush it, ferment the juice, and come up with wine? The answer to that nobody knows. The history of wine is a cloudy one, at least before 6000 B.C. It is been said that there was an awful lot of wine consumed in those days, so perhaps that is why there was not much recording of current happenings at the time. So we outline what we do know about the major progressions of wine drinking and wine making throughout the years.? 1.Wine was a good substitute for bad drinking water? In ancient times, there was no such thing as good drinking water. And since people wanted something to drink with their meals, wine was a wonderful alternative. There are some indications that wine was being produced as far back as 6000 B.C. in Mesopotamia(美索不达米亚 亚洲西南部）. Markings on stone tablets and tomb walls show evidence that the Mesopotamians had some idea of how to make wine from grapes. The wine was probably very crude compared to what we drink today, but it was better than the water available for drinking.? The people of ancient Egypt, in the time of the Pharaohs[fe?r??]（ 法老）, worshiped the god Osiris, the son of Heaven and Earth, which means Lord of the vine in flower. They related his annual resurrection to the budding and blooming of grapevines every year. Another thing they worshiped was the Nile River. The Nile regularly flooded its banks and, when it receded, it left rich, fertile soil behind. The Egyptians found they could grow flourishing grapevines on the banks and deltas of this powerful river. They trained them to grow up the trunks of trees, and watered them with skins, a slow but effective process.? The Egyptians refined the process of winemaking, somewhat, and produced very sweet red and white dessert wines. There are stories of Cleopatra（埃及艳后） seducing Antony with her alluring charms, but when you see the drawings of her pouring Antony goblets of wine, one wonders if perhaps she ju