from the history of wine

The Greek legend assigns the fact of opening the vine shepherd named Estafilos, who went in search of the lost sheep, found her feeding on grape leaves.Shepherd collected from the vine a few hitherto unknown fruit, took them to his master Oynosu, who pressed them fruit juice. Juice eventually became more aromatic and thus get the wine.Roman mythology believes that the world's first vine was planted Saturn. In Persia there is a legend about the origin of wine and grapes: they say that once, when the king Jamshid rested under the shade of his tent, and oversaw the training of their archers, it has diverted some stage, taking place nearby. Big Bird, suffocating in the jaws of a huge snake.The king ordered his archers to kill the snake immediately. One well-aimed shot snake was struck in the head. Liberated bird escaped from the jaws of a dead snake and flew to the feet of the ruler of Persia and dropped in front of him from the beak of a few grains, which soon sprouted.From the seeds grew branched trees, which gave a lot of fruit. King Jamshid was very fond of fruit juice, but once he brought a little juice podkisshy king became angry and ordered him to hide. A few months ...One beautiful slave girl, the favorite of the king, began to suffer unbearable headaches and doted die. Finding the king rejected the bottle of juice, drank it all a slave to the bottom. Naturally, she fell unconscious, and after many sleepless nights slept for a few days,and when she woke up, I became a vigorous and healthy. The news of the miraculous healing came to the ears of the king, and he proclaimed a sour fruit juice wonderful "imperial medicine".