This Murky Liquid Is the Oldest-Known Wine, With a Horrifying Extra Ingredient
The urn was found in a tomb in Carmona, southern Spain, in 2019. The teams research waspublishedthis week in the Journal of Archaeological Science. The team confirmed the mystery liquid was wine by identifying its polyphenols, which are biomarkers found in wines. The white wine, turned red by 2,000 years of chemistry, in a burial urn.Photo: Juan Manuel Román It yielded seven polyphenols that are present in modern wine-making regions in Spain....