Georgia’s Oldest Wine Becomes Guinness World Record Holder

Following the discovery earlier this month of the oldest wine in history, Georgia’s fame has made it into the Guinness Book of World Records. The evidence of ancient wine-making was found to date back as far as 8000 years ago during the Neolithic period. 

This made news all around the world. The discovery was made in Gadachrili Gora and Shulaveris Gora, settlements both about 50 km south of Tbilisi. Prof. Patrick McGovern, a molecular archaeologist from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, and lead author of the study "Early Neolithic Wine of Georgia in the South Caucasus", led the archaeological expedition. 

The previous World Record was from Hajji Firuz Tepe in Northwestern Iran and it dated back to between 5400–5000 BC. 

Find this World Record printed in the next edition of the Guinness World Records book, which will be published late August next year. Read web article here 

By Tom Day