Wine and the Vine

• Event Date: Friday, December 2, 2005
• Time: 7:30 pm (CST)
• Location: Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana, IL
• Cost: Free Admission

• Talk

Annual Campbell Family Distinguished Lecture Series
"Wine and the Vine: The Archaeological and Chemical Hunt for the Origins of Viniculture"

Prof. Patrick McGovern
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

The history of civilization is, in many ways, the history of wine. Drawing upon recent archaeological discoveries, molecular and DNA sleuthing, and the texts and art of long-forgotten peoples, Patrick McGovern takes his audience on a fascinating odyssey back to the beginnings of this consequential beverage when early hominids probably enjoyed a wild grape wine. Follow the course of human ingenuity in domesticating the Eurasian vine and learning how to make and preserve wine some 7,000 years ago.

Copies of Prof. McGovern's book Ancient Wine will be on sale after the event.