What Tom Holland has said about History of wine
3 quotes · 1 episode · May 3, 2026
Tom Holland, English actor cast as Telemachus, has been quoted on History of wine 3 times in 1 episode of The Rest Is History, most recently on May 3, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Holland said there is firm archaeological evidence of wine near Tbilisi dating to around 6000 BC.
“Because there is firm archaeological evidence. And this was found very near Tbilisi”
The Rest Is History: 666. Wine and the Birth of Civilisation (May 3, 2026) · Listen from 10:54
Holland argued that the Roman Empire was the first properly international wine culture.
“because the Roman Empire constitutes the first properly international wine culture”
The Rest Is History: 666. Wine and the Birth of Civilisation (May 3, 2026) · Listen from 15:58
Holland suggested that superpower status can be tracked by a country's investment in Bordeaux, from Britain to America to China.
“Maybe you can kind of track the course of superpower status by the degree to which a country can invest in Bordeaux”
The Rest Is History: 666. Wine and the Birth of Civilisation (May 3, 2026) · Listen from 1:11:01
Episodes
666. Wine and the Birth of CivilisationThe Rest Is History · May 3, 2026 · 1 h 16 min
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook trace the history of wine through seven key moments, from Neolithic Georgia and Rome to Islam, English bottles, French terroir and the 1976 Judgement of Paris.
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