How to install a wine cellar worth toasting

How to install a wine cellar worth toasting

Although archeological evidence suggests that winemaking originated in Mesopotamia around 6000 to 4000 BC, the ancient Romans were arguably the connoisseurs of the craft (they had their own wine god, Bacchus, after all). To preserve their nectar of the gods, they stored it in huge ceramic containers which they buried up to their necks in the ground to ensure a consistent temperature.