The earliest evidence of grape vine cultivation and winemaking dates back 8,000 years.[2] The history of viticulture is closely related to the history of wine, with evidence that humans cultivated wild grapes to make wine as far back as the Neolithic period. Evidence suggests that some of the earliest domestication of Vitis vinifera occurred in the area of the modern countries Georgia and Armenia.[3] The oldest-known winery was discovered in the "Areni-1" cave in Vayots Dzor, Armenia.