Oldest Italian wine found, almost 6,000 years old

(ANSA) - Milan, August 25 - The oldest Italian wine has been found after residue from nearly 6,000 years ago was found in a Copper Age jar in a cave near Agrigento, a Florida University-led team said Friday.
    The team, including the National Research Council and the University of Catania, published their findings in the Microchemical Journal.
    They said the find on Mt Kronio showed winemaking did not start in the Bronze Age, as previously believed, but about 2,000 years before that.
    The terracotta jar bore traces of tartaric acid and sodium salts, substances found in grapes and winemaking.
    The team said it would continue its work to try to see if the wine was red or white.