CERTIFICATES
HISTORY OF THE WINE
The origins of wine are so many sink from ancient legend. Some of them trace the origin of the vine until Adam and Eve, saying the forbidden fruit of paradise was the succulent grapes and not the anonymous Apple. More telling of Noah invented wine that having thought it well to save lives from Flood reserve a place secure in his ark. Turning to more recent times, there are many who say that the vine is originally from India and from here, in the third millennium BC, it spread first to Asia and later in the Mediterranean basin. E 'history in the West viticulture and vinification practices were known in Armenia (Mesopotamia). Here we accomplished the first revolution of humanity, with the abandonment of nomadism by some communities and the subsequent birth of agriculture. It 'the "fertile crescent" a geographic area adjacent to the rivers Tigris and Euphrates, the mother of cereals and the discovery of laboratory fermentation processes which are descended from the bread, cheese and beverages euphoric as we know them today. Some Egyptian hieroglyphics dating back to 2500 BC already describes the different types of wine. In ancient Egypt the practice of wine making was consolidated so that the funeral of King Tutankhamen (1339 BC) were included with the amphora containing wine shows the area of origin, vintage and producer (of the DOC before his time!) Some contained the wine aged for several years. From Egypt the practice of wine making spread among the Jews, Arabs and Greeks. This dedication to wine a deity Dionysus, God of conviviality. Meanwhile, in the heart of the Mediterranean, the screw began its journey from Sicily to Europe ', spreading at first and then with the Sabines, the Etruscans who become skilled growers and winemakers and spread the cultivation of the grape from Campania until the Po Valley . Among the ancient Romans took over the winemaking considerable importance only after the conquest of Greece. The initial posting turned into a great love for Bacchus to the point in the group of gods and be the promoter of the spread of vineyards in all provinces of the empire. For its part, the wine has contributed to the birth of the Roman Empire: the Romans were in fact aware of the bactericidal properties of wine and as usual they took him in their campaigns as the drink of the legionaries. Plutarch relates that Caesar distributed wine to his soldiers to eradicate a disease that was decimating the army. The birth of Christianity and the consequent decline of the Roman Empire, marked the beginning of a dark period for wine, accused of bringing excitement and pleasure fleeting. To this was added the spread of Islam in the Mediterranean between eight hundred and fourteen hundred AD with the banning of vineyards in all the occupied territories. On the other hand it was precisely the monks of the period, together with Jewish communities, to continue, almost in an illegal practice of viticulture and winemaking to produce wines for use in religious rites. We must still wait for the Renaissance to find a literature that evaluates the wine its leading role in Western culture and who returns to settle qualities. In the seventeenth century it refines the art of cooperage, became less expensive bottles and corks spread all contributed to preserving and promoting their carriage of the wine trade. The nineteenth century saw the consolidation of distinctive and unique position that wine occupies in Western civilization. Peasant tradition starts alongside the contribution of distinguished scholars who strive for the realization of ever higher quality wines and goodness. The wine becomes the object of scientific research. In 1866 L. Pasteur wrote in his Etudes sur le vin says "wine is the most healthy and hygienic of all beverages."
