Ancient wine

thumb|A bottle of retsina from the Greek producer Kourtaki thumb|Retsina Malamatina

aspect of history

Hippocras sometimes spelled hipocras or hypocras, is a drink made from wine mixed with sugar and spices, usually including cinnamon, and possibly heated. After steeping the spices in the sweetened wine for a day, the spices are strained out through a conical cloth filter bag called a manicum hippocraticum or Hippocratic sleeve (originally devised by the 5th century BC Greek physician Hippocrates to filter water), from which the name of the drink is derived.

thumb|A glass of modern posca with ice Posca () was an ancient Roman drink made by mixing water and wine vinegar. Bracing but less nutritious and generally less palatable than wine, it was typically a drink for soldiers, the lower classes, and slaves.

aspect of history

Oldest unopened bottle of wine

variety of ancient Roman wine

Alcoholic beverage

thumb|A modern bottle of Conditum Paradoxum

history of wine in ancient Rome

wine mixed with honey

relationship between Phoenician culture and wine

Shedeh was a drink of ancient Egypt. Although it was long thought to have been made from pomegranates, recent evidence suggests it came from red grapes.

wine made in Lesbos, Greece

wine making in Iran