The History of Wine in 100 BottlesFor thousands of years, from its origins in ancient Mesopotamia to its current status as a global industry, the history of wine has been directly related to major social, cultural, religious and economic changes. From goatskin to the German Ratskeller casks and invention of the glass wine bottle, from the short onion shaped bottles of the 1720s to the tall cylindrical bottles of the 1780s, why Bordeaux, Burgundy and Hoch have their own distinctive