The oldest evidence for the use of grapes in a wine recipe (with fermented rice and honey) was in China, about 9,000 years ago. Two thousand years later, the seeds of what became the European wine-making tradition began in western Asia.

The oldest evidence for the use of grapes in a wine recipe (with fermented rice and honey) was in China, about 9,000 years ago. Two thousand years later, the seeds of what became the European wine-making tradition began in western Asia.