Tom Holland Explains the Entire History of Wine in 72 Minutes

Join this channel to get access to perks: @restishistorypod What does The Odyssey teach us about the history of wine in the ancient world? How did Julius Caesar use wine to conquer the world? And, why was The Judgement of Paris - when America took on France - the most controversial incident in the history of wine? Join Dominic and Tom as they discuss the long history of wine; from ancient Jordan, to Bronze Age Greece, to the Vikings, and beyond… Lloyds. 250 years on and still backing the nation's aspirations. Twitter: @TheRestHistory @holland_tom @dcsandbrook Social channels: Instagram: theresthistory TikTok: theresthistory https://x.com/TheRestHistory https://bsky.app/profile/theresthisto... https://www.threads.com/@theresthistory Video Editor: Jack Meek, Adam Thornton & Harry Swan Social Producer: Harry Balden Producers: Aaliyah Akude & Tabby Syrett Senior Producer: Callum Hill Executive Producer: Dom Johnson Head of Digital & Social: Sam Oakley 0:00 The complete history of wine in 8,000 years 0:41 Lloyds 2:14 Pliny the Elder and the first wine snob 6:02 Why wine is such a rich subject for history 9:27 Noah, Mount Ararat and the biblical origins of wine 11:31 Georgia, Armenia and the world’s first wineries 13:15 The Canaanites and the invention of the wine trade 16:19 The Phoenicians, Greeks and wine culture across the Mediterranean 18:32 How Rome created the first international wine culture 20:32 Wine, slavery and the Roman conquest of Gaul 23:12 Italy becomes the heartland of Roman wine 24:40 How Christianity preserved wine after Rome’s fall 27:22 Why Islam transformed the history of wine 30:09 Wine drinking, loopholes and the caliphs 33:41 Rumi, Sufism and wine as a metaphor for divine love 37:29 England and the invention of the modern wine bottle 40:08 Kenelm Digby and the rise of English bottles 43:22 Cork, port and the Methuen Treaty 45:12 The English invention of the corkscrew 47:10 How French became the language of wine 50:07 Samuel Pepys discovers Haut-Brion 52:33 First growths, Bordeaux and the hierarchy of wine 56:09 Why wine was once an elite English obsession 57:49 Terroir and the spiritual language of French wine 1:00:59 The Judgment of Paris 1:03:57 Prohibition and the collapse of Californian wine 1:06:19 The blind tasting that humiliated France 1:08:08 Stag’s Leap and California’s victory 1:09:11 How New World wine changed the industry 1:10:44 Wine, competition and partnership 1:11:46 Henry Jeff, the bonus episode and the Mona Lisa