What Pairs Well with Extreme Desert Conditions? or New Evidence for Wine in the Late Antique Negev

This Week in the Ancient Near East

The discovery of grapes pips at Late Antique Avdat in the northern Negev has us asking questions, like who makes wine in the desert anyway, and how do you get the wine from the desert to the people? Is this a story of wine fancying monks or Breaking Bad style middlemen? Pour a glass and settle in with our contestants!