<P> The earliest archaeological evidence of wine grapes has been found at sites in Georgia (c. 6000 BC), Iran (c. 5000 BC), Greece (c. 4500 BC), and Sicily (c. 4000 BC), although there is earlier evidence of a wine made from fermented grapes among other fruits being consumed in China (c. 7000--5500 BC). The oldest evidence of wine production has been found in Armenia (c. 4100 BC). </P> <P> The altered consciousness produced by wine has been considered religious since its origin . The ancient Greeks worshiped Dionysus or Bacchus and the Ancient Romans carried on his cult . Consumption of ritual wine was part of Jewish practice since Biblical times and, as part of the eucharist commemorating Jesus's Last Supper, became even more essential to the Christian Church . Although Islam nominally forbade the production or consumption of wine, during its Golden Age, alchemists such as Geber pioneered wine's distillation for medicinal and industrial purposes such as the production of perfume . </P>

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