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The Last Supper is one of the most famous scenes from the Gospels. It is a story that has inspired the Eucharist, the central ritual of most Christian worship. But what sort of wine was available to Jesus in the early first century CE?

Bibliography:
McGovern, "Ancient Wine: The Search for the Origins of Viniculture."

Interview where McGovern speculates about Amarone wine: vivino.com/wine-news/searching-for-the-wine-from-the-last-supper

Carey Ellen Walsh, "The Fruit of the Vine: Viticulture in Ancient Israel."

“Huge Wine Cellar Unearthed at a Biblical-Era Palace In Israel,” Smithsonian Magazine, smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/huge-wine-cellar-unearthed-biblical-era-palace-israel-180952495

Jo Ann Seely, “The Fruit of the Vine: Wine at Masada and in the New Testament,” Brigham Young University Studies, Vol. 36, No. 3, (1996-97), 207-227.

Images:
Tim Clarke, Drying Grapes in Greece, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%27Liastos%27_Traditional_straw_wine_in_Greece.jpg

Patrick McGovern, Wikicommons, photo credit to Pam Kosty: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Edward_McGovern#/media/File:Patrick_McGovern_Analyzing_Midas_sample_at_Microscope.jpg

Amarone bottle, Wikicommons, photo credit to: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amarone_sartori.jpg

Peppercorn close-up: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_pepper#/media/File:4_color_mix_of_peppercorns.jpg