Understanding Global Issues

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The World of Wine: The grape and civilisation

For at least 7,000 years, wine has played its role in human society, making important contributions to communal life and religious ceremony. Wine has been a major feature of agriculture and international trade since the very beginning of civilisation. Praised for its health-giving properties or banned because of its intoxicating power, wine has a story closely interwoven with that of humanity.

Published: January 1994 ISBN: 0850489458

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