4. Some of the earliest winemaking cultures were in Italy, Portugal and
Greece, which is where our story takes us. In villages in these places, ,
each family had a duty, and one of the most demeaning of ,which was
to produce wine. See, no one really cared about the taste back then.
Wine was produced as a sacrament to the church, with anything left
over sold to local residents at a cheap price. Its purpose was simple: 一
1一一to be a health drink that provided calories and warmed the body.二