Eucharist offered at Iglesia de San Nicolas, Pamplona, Spain (Photo by Vladimer Shioshvili)
Wine has been around for 8,000 years and the culture around it has constantly evolved during that time. It made an appearance at the Last Supper (Gospel of Luke 22:19) and since then has been used in the Christian rite of the Eucharist. The Greek god Dionysus used it as a sacramental entheogen to induce a mind-altering state. The Zen Buddhists used it for meditation. The Egyptian pharaohs were entombed with it.
21st century American college co-eds enjoy it too…
