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The Second Oldest Profession: A History of the Wine Trade

By Thomas Pellechia
The Second Oldest Profession: A History of the Wine Trade by Thomas Pellechia digital book - Fable

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This history of the wine trade traces the origins of wine, its earliest cultivation and its trading path as well as traditions throughout the history of civilization. The reader learns how cultures treated and traded wine, including the ancients like Sumerians, Egyptians, Greeks, Etruscans ,Phoenicians, and Romans, as well as Europeans and the New World in modern times. 

 

The story covers grapegrowing and winemaking, the characters who have made up and still make up the wine world, as well as the future in store for the wine trade. 

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About Thomas Pellechia

Thomas Pellechia has been a winemaker and wine seller. He has written six books, five of which cover food and/or wine. He has a background as a magazine feature writer, newspaper columnist and he is a contributing wine writer at forbes.com 

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