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The Last Supper is one of the most famous scenes from the Gospels. It is a story that has inspired the Eucharist, the central ritual of most Christian worship. But what sort of wine was available to Jesus in the early first century CE?
Bibliography:
McGovern, “Ancient Wine: The Search for the Origins of Viniculture.“
Interview where McGovern speculates about Amarone wine:
Carey Ellen Walsh, “The Fruit of the Vine: Viticulture in Ancient Israel.“
“Huge Wine Cellar Unearthed at a Biblical-Era Palace In Israel,” Smithsonian Magazine,