The Timeline: Wine production 5000BC Iran was the world’s first major wine producer. Wine presses and amphora – large vase-like pottery wine flasks – with the preserved residue of tannin and tartrate chemicals, both found in wine, have been found on digs in the Hajji Firuz Tepe region of the country. Carbon dating suggests they are 7,000 years old. Throwing a big clay pottery vase on a potters wheel quickly demonstration demo how to pot throw
