History of alcoholic drinks "Gandhara stills" were only capable of producing very weak liquor, as there was no efficient means of collecting the vapors at low heat. While the art of wine making reached the Hellenic peninsula by about 2000 BC, the first alcoholic beverage to obtain widespread popularity in what is now Greece was mead, a fermented beverage made from honey and water. However, by 1700 BC, wine making was commonplace. During the next thousand years wine drinking assumed the same function so commonly found around the world: It was incorporated into religious rituals. It became important in hospitality, used for medicinal purposes,
Non-alcoholic drink containing more than 1.2% ABV must state the actual alcoholic strength (i.e., show the word "alcohol" or the abbreviation "alc." followed by the symbol "% vol."). The government of Denmark have decided to change the "alcohol free" legal definition from 0.1% alcohol by volume to 0.5%. Non-alcoholic beer, termed as "birra analcolica", is regulated as equal to or less than 1.2% ABV Systembolaget defines "alcohol-free" as a drink that contains no more than 0.5% alcohol by volume. Licensing laws only place restrictions on the sale or consumption of drinks with an alcohol content of over 0.5% An "alcohol free" drink