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In the present Wine lexicon there are answers to many unusual wine questions (see in this regard on the home page under "Have you ever wondered?"). Many keywords were created based on user requests. Experience has shown that they often concern superlatives in connection with wine, winemaking and viticulture:

oldest

• oldest ancient grape varieties - see under ancient grape varieties, wild grape varieties
• oldest grape varieties still cultivated - see under Hartblau, Pinot, Silvaner, Traminer
• oldest vines - see under Old v ines, Old growths
• oldest viticulture culture - see under Ancient Wines, Mesopotamia, Drinking Culture
• oldest viticulture methods - see under Ancient W ines, Kachetic Method, Natural Wine
• oldest (edible) wines (Würzburger Stein Jg. 1540 from Franconia with 421 years)
• oldest wine laws - see under Hammurabi (1700 Chr.)
• oldest wineries - see under Stiftsweingut Heiligenkreuz (Ö), Schloss Vollrads (D)
• oldest wine list (from ancient city of Pompeii B.C.) - see also under drinking culture
• oldest wine literature - see under Ancient Wines, De re rustica, Rasch Johann
• Oldest wine invoice (18th November 1211, Schloss Vollrads Winery)
• oldest wine competitions - see under Bordeaux classification, awards, wine events

most famous

• most famous vine breeders - see under new breeding
• most famous wine authors - see under literature (about 200 from Alkäus to Zweigelt)
• most famous winegrowing pioneers/winery owners - see under the respective winegrowing countries
• most famous wines - see under century wine, cult wine
• most famous wineries - see under Bordeaux classification, largest wine companies in the world
• most famous winery owners from the show business - see under celebrity wineries & wines
• most famous wine critics (70 from Eric Asimov to Robert Parker to Franco Ziliani)
• most famous wine lovers (from Beethoven to Verdi) - see under favourite wines