Viniculture - Library

In the garden of Eden – allegedly located in the fruitful levels of Mesopotamia, between the Euphrates and the Tigris – people already spoke of wine.
Noah, Gilgamesch, etc.

And also Noah, who was stranded with his ark on the Ararat mountains where he released its animals, "was a plowman who planted vineyards…". But even on prior times than Biblical history, the Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesch (2000 B.C.) tells of viticulture: The hero Gilgamesch entered into the realm of the sun in search for eternal life, where he discovered a spellbound vineyard, whose wine - if he had been able to drink it - would have brought immortality upon him
… or Dschemschid?

The Persian version of the Persian king Dschemschid, who lived in the times of Noah, is more frequently told. It is also said that he protected animals in a large area before extinction. The poet Omar Khayyam also wrote: "It means that Leu and Echse lie peacefully, where Dschemschid was enthroned and drank in deep gulps."

At his yard, the legend says, grapes were kept in jugs. As soon as the wine fermented and its own smell flowed, it was placed as non-edible, often separated maliciously. A disdained Harem dame, troubled with migraine, wanted to take her life with this alleged deadly concoction. Instead, she appeared without headache in the arms of Morpheus! In duty bound, she told the king of this, whereupon "some wine was prepared, and Dschemschid and his yard enjoyed the new drink".