Wine – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com Fri, 11 Jul 2025 14:23:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://brewminate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-BrewBLogo01-32x32.jpg Wine – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com 32 32 Drink and Cure: Medicinal Power in Ancient Egyptian Herbal Wines https://brewminate.com/drink-and-cure-medicinal-power-in-ancient-egyptian-herbal-wines/ Fri, 11 Jul 2025 14:23:18 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=241252 For millions of years, humans have exploited their natural environments for effective plant remedies. By Dr. Patrick E.

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]]> A Brief History of American Winemaking https://brewminate.com/a-brief-history-of-american-winemaking/ Sat, 26 May 2018 17:50:24 +0000 http://brewminate.com/?p=61141 A cellar worker steams American oak wine barrels before their use at Silver Oak Cellars in Oakville, Calif. AP

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]]> ‘Let Us Adore and Drink!’: A Brief History of Wine and Religion https://brewminate.com/let-us-adore-and-drink-a-brief-history-of-wine-and-religion/ Sun, 13 May 2018 17:55:24 +0000 http://brewminate.com/?p=60299 Caravaggio’s 1595 masterpiece Bacchus. Wikimedia Commons Wine, more than other beverage, is intimately connected to celebration and worship. By Dr.

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]]> Prehistoric Wine Discovered in Inaccessible Caves Forces a Rethink of Ancient Sicilian Culture https://brewminate.com/prehistoric-wine-discovered-in-inaccessible-caves-forces-a-rethink-of-ancient-sicilian-culture/ Fri, 16 Feb 2018 18:43:54 +0000 http://brewminate.com/?p=51520 Deep inside Monte Kronio, hot, humid and sulfurous caves held an ancient secret. Giuseppe Savino, La Venta Esplorazioni Geografiche

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]]> Vinum, Vidi, Vici https://brewminate.com/vinum-vidi-vici/ Sat, 10 Feb 2018 18:53:36 +0000 http://brewminate.com/?p=50900 Etruscan and Massalian amphorae excavated at Lattes, France. Photo: Michael Dietler A look at wine’s integral role in culture and colonialism

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]]> Mistletoe and (a Large) Wine: Increasing Sizes of Wine Glasses over 300 Years https://brewminate.com/mistletoe-and-a-large-wine-increasing-sizes-of-wine-glasses-over-300-years/ Thu, 14 Dec 2017 19:12:27 +0000 http://brewminate.com/?p=43266 Enamelled Jacobite portrait glass. / Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford Our Georgian and Victorian ancestors probably celebrated Christmas with

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]]> A History of the Chateau Ste. Michelle (Woodinville) Winery https://brewminate.com/a-history-of-the-chateau-ste-michelle-woodinville-winery/ Thu, 30 Nov 2017 18:35:37 +0000 http://brewminate.com/?p=41027 Chateau Ste. Michelle, Woodinville, 2016 / Courtesy Ste. Michelle Wine Estates By Peter Blecha / 09.04.2017 Introduction Chateau Ste.

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