AmaGrike anobudlelwane obusondelelene kakhulu newayini amawaka eminyaka. Ukulinywa kwezidiliya bekukho kumhlaba wamaGrike ukusukela kumaxesha e-Neolithic kwaye kwakuphakathi ngeXesha leBronze apho ukulinywa kwasekhaya komdiliya kwavelisa ukuba, ngonxibelelwano lwezorhwebo phakathi kwempucuko yase-Mycenaean kunye ne-Egypt yakudala, yenza ukutsiba okusemgangathweni.
Iindlela zokwenza iwayini zazivela eYiphutha kwaye ngewaka lesibini leminyaka BC bekukho inkcubeko epheleleyo yewayini. Iwayini yaba yinto ebalulekileyo kwezoqoqosho, kwinkolo nakwinkcubeko. UDionysus, umzekelo, wayenguthixo wewayini yamaGrike, kwaye njengoko amaGrike amisela iikholoni kuyo yonke iMeditera, bathatha i-viticulture nabo.
AmaGrike amandulo babedla ngokusela iwayini kwiiglasi ezibizwa ngokuba yi-kylix. Ezi zitya zazinendawo ebanzi, evulekileyo, nekomityi ephantsi, ihlala inesikhondo esinye kunye nezibambo ezibekwe macala macala ezingqameneyo. Isangqa seglasi saphantse sathi tyaba kwaye sihlala sihonjisiwe, ngombala omnyama okanye obomvu, kwimiboniso ebonakala kuphela xa iwayini yayisele. IKylix zenziwe nge-terracota, emva koko babebomvu, kwaye kamva iingcibi zazihombisa zabanika Ukugqitywa okumenyezelayo.
Iiglasi zeKylix zazisetyenziswa ngakumbi emathekweni kwaye imihombiso esetyenziselwa ukuhlekisa okanye isondo.