Wine is not my liquor of choice – mostly because I always wake up the next morning feeling like my head has a bunch of elephants inside of it, stomping on my brain – but I have to give props to a libation that could just be 6,700 years old.
Recently, scientists and explorers discovered an Armenian cave that had what seemed to be a complex wine making system, including a press, fermenting mat and storage bottles. And because of the intricate nature of the set-up, researchers believe that wine was invented even earlier – around 7,400 years ago.
Other discoveries in the cave, such as "dried fruit, nuts, and metals operations," point to the fact that an intricate social hierarchy, plus higher technological thinking, were more a part of these ancient civilizations than previously thought.
It's amazing to think that even at his earliest and most primitive, man understood the need for a good glass of wine at the end of long (saber-tooth tiger and woolly mammoth infested) day.
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