Grape evidence for a dominant position of wine-making in human culture dates from 8,000 years ago in Georgia. The oldest known winery was found in Armenia, dating to around 4000 BC. By the 9th century AD the city of Shiraz was known to produce some of the finest wines in the Middle East. Thus it has been proposed that Syrah red wine is named after Shiraz, a city in Persia where the grape was used to make Shirazi wine. Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics record the cultivation of purple grapes, and history attests to the ancient Greeks, Phoenicians, and Romans growing purple grapes
Nashik grape Nashik grape Nashik grape is a variety of grape produced in Nashik district, which is known as the "grape capital of India". Nashik contributes to more than half of the total grape export from the country. Nashik, called "grape capital of India", is the leading grape producer in the country, with about 1.75 lakh hectare of land under grape cultivation as of December 2015. It produces an estimated 10 lakh metric tonne grape at about 20 metric tonne per hectare. About 8,000 acres are used for cultivation of grape wine varieties. The catchment areas of Grape production in Nashik District