THE GRAPE ORIGIN The earliest use of the grapevine was found in Sumeria. The most famous story we know today that includes the grape is going back over 2,000 years ago. Jesus turned the water into wine in the story of the Passion. The grapevine symbolises the blood of Christ. In the last supper, Jesus shared wine with his disciples and asked them to drink it in his memory. There was a similar story found in Sumeria associated with the God Dionysis/Bacchus. They both hold the same meaning. Dionysis is first depicted holding a fennel staff with a pine cone ...
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