They Ain’t Got These in Napa, People!
by Richard ~ February 16th, 2010. Filed under: Questions.
A 1,400 year old wine press was recently discovered in Israel, large and advanced and likely used for producing wine to export to places like Egypt or Europe.
It’s pretty common to find even much older wine presses in contemporary Israeli vineyards. The land there has been wine-ing for a long, long time. There is a 3,000-year old wine press at Clos de Gat winery in the Judean Hills.
February 16th, 2010 at 9:26 pm
I am always astounded by the nearly perfect condition these and other “finds” are in. I want to try to talk the trip planners at JNF to include one or two of the wineries as a part of their tour itinirary. I would love to see that ancient press. The pictures are very good..leads me to believe that seeing it in person is even more exciting. Thank you for sharing this