http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/columnist/vergano/2006-05-29-tut-white-wine_x.htm
Fans of pinot blanc may be relieved to learn that an archaeology team has reported the first evidence of white wine in ancient Egypt. And it has turned up in the tomb of King Tutankhamen.
In King Tutankhamen's tomb for example, sealed around 1322 B.C., two amphorae had yielded traces of red wines, "irp" to the ancients, one of them holding high-quality "shedeh" wine.
In my original research from 1989, I discovered that the last date of issue for wine in Tutankhamon's tomb came from his 19th year of life, or year 10 of his reign. This helped determine his age. I used the book, "King Tut's wine cellar," for the data, when writing Eye of the Pharaoh, c.1990.
M7, 2011.
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