🍷 Noah's vineyard

Noah's vineyard is the biblical story of the patriarch Noah, who planted the first vineyard after the flood. The story of Noah and the vineyard comes from the Bible. After the flood Noah came out of the ark, turned to farming and planted a vineyard. The episode is in the Book of Genesis. The text says that Noah made wine, drank it and became drunk. It then tells how his sons reacted. The tale has long served as a symbol of the beginning of winemaking: it presents wine as a gift but warns about excess. In some places the tale is tied to real geography. Armenia lies near Mount Ararat, where the Bible says the ark came to rest. Excavations show that the South Caucasus really is one of the oldest centres of winemaking. Still, the tale is a religious tradition, not a scientific fact, and it cannot be confirmed by historical sources. The image of Noah with a grapevine appears in painting and church art. In the history of wine he stands for an ancient story about the first vineyard.