Although it was long thought to have been made from pomegranates, recent evidence suggests it came from red grapes.

[2]The name Shedeh appeared inscribed on the labels of Egyptian two-handled pottery amphorae at the site of el-Amarna and belonging to the reign of Akhenaten, late XVIII Dynasty.

[3] In 2006, a team of Spanish scientists led by Maria Rosa Guasch-Jané developed a new method of identifying an acid left by compounds in red wine.

The evidence was compiled using both liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry together, which revealed syringic acid in scrapings taken from jars in Tutankhamun's tomb.

Syringic acid is released by the breakdown of the compound malvidin, found in red wine.