I said it was a widely accepted theory... and it is. No amount of kicking or screaming you choose to engage in is going to change that.
I'd be interested as to what wine websites you run, and see what works you've published in that regard.
A man of repute in the beer community, myself, I know several people in the wine community... and I'm sure we know some of the same people, if, in fact, you're not bullshitting us. Which, honestly, I'd find hard to believe at this point. You seem to be epitomizing the adage that 'a little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing.'
Regardless of what that's about, you're mistaken in your statement that wine predates beer... especially with the emphasis of certainty you place on it. Mead, sure... wine, probably not so much. In fact,
The History Of Food By Maguelonne Toussaint-Samat claims... and I quote, "Beer came before wine everywhere, and it is sometimes claimed that Dionysus became the god of wine only after reigning as Sebazios, the archaic god of beer. Plenty of other sources on the concept that beer came before wine.
Not to mention the other "certainties" you're shovelling out... alcohol post-dating civilization... as is the entire principal of what I'm saying here - no such certainty exists.
As far as sources, I've referred to the New York Times, and published books in addition to the beer site resources... and, in addition to that, you can feel free to peruse the 1.86 million returns that "beer civilization' returns in google yourself.
And at least I'm bothering to use sources... you're just stating blatant misrepresentations without so much as a footnote.
For someone who seems so worried about people spreading false information, you seem to be shovelling it out pretty thick, yourself.
