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Musso
03-08-2014, 06:06 PM
Forget France, the real birth place of wine is in Armenia ;)

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/01/110111-oldest-wine-press-making-winery-armenia-science-ucla/
http://news.am/eng/news/44129.html
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052748704458204576074141252276326?mod=go oglenews_wsj&mg=reno64-wsj
http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/chemical-analysis-confirms-discovery-188683.aspx

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Armenian_mosaic_and_inscr_at_Jerusalem.jpg/800px-Armenian_mosaic_and_inscr_at_Jerusalem.jpg
"Mosaic with Armenian inscription, birds within a vine scroll, VI century, funerary chapel of St. Polyeuctos, Musara Quarter, Damascus Gate, Jerusalem. This floor was discovered in the year 1894 during building activities being carried out in the Musrara district, north of the Damascus Gate. A detailed description of the discovery was made by the Englishman, Bliss (Bliss 1898: 253-259)."

http://www.yerevanreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/307x230xthe_perspectives_of_making_the_armenian_wi ne_world_known_discussed_in_yerevan.jpg.pagespeed. ic.IedxAPvtx1.jpg
http://news.am/pic/content/2012/20_feb/folder_1/4.jpg

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