Celebrating National Wine Day

Unlike ‘Drink National Wine Day’ in February, ‘National Wine Day’ is more about celebrating the beverage itself rather than the act of drinking it!

Here are some fun and fascinating facts about wine:

• Back in the day, women could be killed for drinking wine! Yes, in the early Roman times, a husband was at liberty to kill his wife if he found her drinking wine.  It was a forbidden drink for women.
• Speyer, Germany, is home to the oldest bottle of wine in the world.  It is on display at the historical museum in the town, and dates back to an impressive AD 325.
• Have you ever toasted to everyone’s health?  This is something that comes from Ancient Greek tradition.  The host of the dinner would have the first sip of wine to assure his guests that the drink was not poisoned.
• In order to get the exact quantity of antioxidants you get in wine, you would have to drink 7 glasses of orange juice or 20 glasses of apple juice!
• The oldest known wine cellar is actually on the famous ship the Titanic!  We know what you’re thinking…..the Titanic sunk! However, when divers went down to the wreckage, they were surprised to see that most of the wine bottle were still intact!
• Surprisingly, there are some people who are actually scared of wine!  It is known as Oenophobia.

To celebrate this wonderful beverage and as a thank you for your continued hard work this month we will be ordering in some wine at each office for the afternoon of Friday 27^th May and invite you to have a glass!