Patrick McGovern is the Scientific Director of the Biomolecular Archaeology Laboratory for Cuisine, Fermented Beverages, and Health at the University of Pennsylvania Museum in Philadelphia, where he is also an Adjunct Professor of Anthropology. In the popular imagination, he is known as the "Indiana Jones of Ancient Ales, Wines, and Extreme Beverages." Read more
Caption: Patrick McGovern in his laboratory, examining and "sniffing" out a 3000-year-old millet wine, which was preserved inside a tightly lidded bronze vessel from an elite tomb at Anyang. Photo by Penn Museum.
Wine Archive
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Dig, Drink, and Be Merry
Posted on June 29, 2011 | 1 CommentIn the lab, a flask of coffee-colored liquid bubbles on a hot plate. It contains tiny fragments from an ancient Etruscan amphora found at the French dig McGovern had just... -
Uncorking the Past
Posted on August 12, 2010 | No CommentsIn a lively tour around the world and through the millennia, this book tells the compelling story of humanity's ingenious, intoxicating quest for the perfect drink. -
5,100 Year Old Egyptian Medicinal Wine
Posted on November 16, 2009 | No Comments5,100 year old chemical evidence for ancient medicinal remedies is discovered in ancient Egyptian wine jars. New archaeochemical evidence, backed up by increasingly sophisticated scientific testing techniques, are pointing to...