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Why Pomegranate Wine Isn't Everywhere
Pomegranate wine has been fermented for at least 8,000 years—since before the pyramids, before Stonehenge, even before the wheel. It appears in the world's oldest known winery, was prescribed by ancient Egyptian physicians for tapeworm, and shows up in Homer's Odyssey. Yet today, it's a rounding error in the global wine market. This episode traces pomegranate wine's journey from the Areni-1 cave in Armenia through the Islamic Golden Age gap to its modern revival in Israel, Armenia, and Turkey. We explore why a fruit domesticated before grapes never achieved commercial scale—and what it would…
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