2014

The 6.0 Napa Valley earthquake happened in this year on August 24th at 3:20am. Damage was spread over 100 wineries and caused an estimated 362 million dollars. Wines from this vintage (collector’s items?) are starting to hit the shelves.

The First Hours of a Wine’s Life

“Based on chemistry, DNA, ancient texts, art, ethnography and experimental archaeology, it’s clear that as humans, we are set up as biological creatures to drink alcohol.”

— Dr. Patrick McGovern, Director of Biomolecular Archaeology, University
of Pennsylvania, and author of Ancient Wine: The Search for the Origins of Viniculture

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