Poland

Although winemaking dates back to the introduction of christianity to Poland in 966 ad, it had all but died out by the end of the 15th century as beer and vodka became more popular and the climate became cooler. Vineyards persisted in Silesia (Śląsk), which was at that time German, and particularly, right up to the Second World War, around Zielona Góra (Grünberg). This was the region from which so many Silesians fled religious persecution and emigrated to barossa in Australia. Nevertheless, modern Poland has hundreds of villages and cities whose names include some wine connection such as winnica, winiary, winogrady (vineyard), or even moszcz (most).