Wine Primary Sources
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Wine is a fermented, alcoholic beverage made primarily from grape juice, or sometimes the juice of other fruits.
Sources
Name | Date | Country | Language | English Translation | Description | Panels |
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Vitruvius on Architecture | 30-15 BCE | Rome | Classical Latin | Available | This Roman discussion of architecture includes a lot of information on wine production. | |
De Re Rustica by Columella | ~50 CE | Rome | Classical Latin | 1745 translation, others exist. | Roman farm manual, contains wine recipes. | |
Naturalis Historia by Pliny | 79 CE | Rome | Classical Latin | 1601 translation, [1855], others exist. this 20th century translation is more complete. | A survey of the natural world, contains much information on wine. | |
Apicius de re coquinaria | 300-400 CE | Italy | Latin | available | This late-antique cookbook contains a few wine recipes, including spiced and flavored wines. | Conditum Paradoxumc |
Geoponica | 900-1000 CE | Byzantine Empire | Greek | available | A Byzantine farm manual, contains much detail on wine. | |
The Book of Kervynge | 1508 CE | England | English | (in English) | A cookbook containing a recipe for Hippocras. | |
Maison rustique, or The countrey farme | 1564 CE | France | French | Period English Translation | A comprehensive text on running a country estate. | |
The Closet of Sir Kenelme Digbie Kt. Opened | 1669 CE | England | English | (in English) | Post-period, but likely based on period techniques. Comprehensive, and reasonably detailed. Contains mostly fruit wines. | |
[1]Wine and Medicine from Hippocrates to the Renaissance by Christopher Hoolihan | Modern | USA | English | Article: Wine and Medicine from Hippocrates to the Renaissance by Christopher Hoolihan | ||
Palaeogenomic insights into the origins of French grapevine diversity | Modern | USA | English | Article: Palaeogenomic insights into the origins of French grapevine diversity | DNA analysis of grape seeds found in a medieval cesspit |