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6,000-year-old Wine Discovered in Sicilian Cave

The find is significant as the wine predates the next oldest discovery by at least 3,000 years.

The following article, written by Lorenzo Tondo, appears in The Guardian. 

Researchers have discovered traces of what could be the world’s oldest wine at the bottom of terracotta jars in a cave in Sicily, showing that the fermented drink was being made and consumed in Italy more than 6,000 years ago.

Continue reading at The Guardian. 

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