Chinese wine, vintage 393 BC
- By Jim Boyce
The China Daily reports that 2400-year-old wine has been discovered in Shaanxi province.
“Local archaeologists said they unearthed a sealed bronze pot containing 2 kg of red liquid during an excavation of an ancient tomb built in the Warring States Period (475 BC – 221 BC),” states the paper. “Wafts of the ancient vintage greeted [...]
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