Wine: A Global History by Professor Kathleen Burk #literature

Wine: A Global History by Professor Kathleen Burk #literatureDATE OF RELEASE: 1 OCT 2026 'Capaciously informative and endlessly entertaining' Tom Holland, co host of The Rest Is History In the beginning, there was the vine. Wine: a drink, a medicine, a ritual and a commodity. Across millennia, it has been used to celebrate and commiserate, as a negotiating tool and a diplomatic gift. But where and when was it first discovered? And how did it become a worldwide phenomenon? From the planting of grape seeds in

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