In 2020, archaeologists excavated a 2,600-year-old Phoenician press at Tell el-Burak south of Sidon in Lebanon, and Armenia holds the earliest known evidence of steady production of this product, including the celebrated Areni-1 cave complex. Both sites feature prominently in producing what beverage?

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wine. The history of wine spans thousands of years, with the earliest solid evidence of grape wine coming from Georgia and Armenia. Phoenician traders later spread viticulture across the Mediterranean, and modern wine industries in France, California and beyond ultimately descend from these ancient roots.