Wine is one of humanity's first products. The name likely originates from the Georgian word "gvino". The oldest evidence of grape cultivation dates back 14,000 years and comes from the Lake Geneva region. Around the Caspian Sea, people were cultivating vines and drinking fermented juice 10,000 years ago. Verifiable wine production appeared 8,000 years ago, when grapevines were grown in the Transcaucasus and Mesopotamia. The first evidence of wine production comes from Iran and is 7,000 years old. The oldest wine vessels and grapevine seeds themselves were found in Armenia and are 6,100 years old. 5,500 years ago, there is evidence of wine trade in ancient Sumer. Egypt traded with Mesopotamia around 2,700 BC. Wine was known in ancient Greece, Rome, Babylon, and by the ancient Etruscans.

Wine is of a warm nature; red wine is warmer than white. It has a sweet taste and, like all alcohol, it generates heat.