-2500 to 1800 BC
Wine was made in terracotta jars called Karasi . It is still not known whether wine was already used for everyday purposes or only for religious rituals in the 5th century BC.
Karasi were large and valuable vessels and continued to be regarded as such for centuries and centuries after the end of the Ur period (from the fourth millennium). During this period, wine was also increasingly produced to be drunk outside of sacred rites, considered a highly prized luxury drink, which also served as a bargaining chip.
It is interesting to note that the shapes of the amphorae have remained unchanged since antiquity. They have a very technical and refined design. They are narrower and more pointed at the bottom to allow them to move more easily, to allow the movement of the lees and to contain the deposits of wine.
The wine was produced directly in the caves, the grapes were pressed with the feet in special vats, the liquid was then transported in pots which, in some cases, could also contain human bodies hence the size of some containers which reminds us of our Dolium.