Spirits

Alambic Distillation is a very old technique, which was, used by the Chinese 3000 years BC, the East Indians 2500 years BC, the Egyptians 2000 years BC, the Greeks1000 years BC, and the Romans 200 years BC. In the beginning, all of the above cultures produced a liquid, later called alcohol by the Arabs, which was used for medicinal purposes and to make perfumes.
By the sixth century AD, the Arabs had started to invade Europe and at the same time released the technique of distillation. Alchemists and monks progressively improved both the technique and the distillation equipment.
In 1250, Arnaud de Villeneuve was the first to distill wines in France; he called the product, which resulted from this process, eau-de-vie or Water Of life. He attributed to it the virtue of prolonging life.