Wine

A favourite drink among the Egyptians. Four sorts were in use under the Old Empire, e.g., red, white, black, and northern wine. This last answered to the Mareotic wine, which was considered the best. Under the New Empire several kinds were often mixed together. When made, the wine was stored in carefully stoppered jars and sealed by the "treasurer." Pictures of the making of wine may be seen on tomb walls. The men are depicted treading the wine-Pre , from which the wine runs out at the bottom; other men put it in amphorae and the treasurer seals them. A curious scene of mixing wines shows three siphons in separate jars being brought down to one large one. (See Vine .)