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	Bulk Discounts Buy... Save... 25 - 99 40% 100 - 249 45% 250 - 499 47% 500 - 999 50% 1000 or more 55% List Price: $26.00 Our Price: $15.60 for 25 - 99 copies You save $10.40! Published: July 2006 ISBN: 1560258713, 9781560258711 Format Hardcover Publisher: Running Press Carton Quantity: 20 (Minimum order):  25 Availability:: Usually Ships in 24 to 72 Hours Product Code: 9781560258711 Buy It New: Bulk savings applied automatically at checkout. Orders typically ship in 1 to 4 business days, subject to inventory on hand and quantity ordered. Please call us if you have any questions or special needs. Qty:

Description   The grape pre-dates humans, so it's hard to know who discovered wine. However, archeological and other discoveries have made it easier to find this out since wine was used to meet spiritual needs. At least, this is the story that is usually told. But when civilization began about 8,000 years ago it didn't take long for wine to move from an instrument of spirituality to a dominant economic power; all it took was the development of trade. Thereafter, the life and death of certain cultures often depended upon the fortunes of wine trading. Wine may have even sparked the earliest wars. Presenting its history from a commercial perspective, Wine reveals how the historically powerful wine trade has been a catalyst in many important developments throughout the ages such as sea mercantilism, early glass blowing, cooperage and cork production, trade fairs and festivals, advertising and promotion, the survival of civilization during the so-called Dark Ages, war financing, placating or pacifying troops, tranquilizing marauders, politics, literature and more.   Related Products... Holly Clegg's Trim & Terrific Freezer Friendly Me Starting with Ingredients: Baking: Quintessential The Perfect Cup: A Coffee Lover's Guide To Buying Chocolate Bar: (Hardcover) Our Price: $11.97 for 25 - 99 copies Add Our Price: $23.97 for 25 - 99 copies Add Our Price: $10.17 for 25 - 99 copies Add Our Price: $14.97 for 25 - 99 copies Add The Great Big Butter Cookbook: (Hardcover) Sweet!: From Agave to Turbinado, Home Baking with James Beard's Delights And Prejudices: (Hardcove The Great Big Cheese Cookbook: (Hardcover) Our Price: $11.97 for 25 - 99 copies Add Our Price: $11.37 for 25 - 99 copies Add Our Price: $14.97 for 25 - 99 copies Add Our Price: $11.97 for 25 - 99 copies Add

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