Archeologists have unearthed the oldest wine-making facility ever found, using biochemical techniques to identify a dry red vintage made about 6,000 years ago in what is now southern Armenia. Carbon dating showed a desiccated grape vine found near a wine press was grown around 4000 BC.
The cave complex, known as Areni-1, is in the Little Caucasus Mountains near Armenia's southern border with Iran. The wine press itself is a shallow clay basin about three feet in diameter, surrounded by grape seeds and dried-out grape vines.
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