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2013-06-04 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Ancient French Winemaking Had Roots in Italy

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Posted by Fred 2013-06-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Actually Marseilles was founded by Greeks on 600 BC.
It is diificult to think they wouldn't tell about wine making. Also commerical contacts with Greeks and Phoencians predate %erseille's foundations by several decades or centuries.

Anyway it was Gauls who invented the barrel. Ancient Greece and Rome only knew the amphor in which wine worsened instead of improving.

Posted by JFM 2013-06-04 07:10|| 2013-06-04 07:10|| Front Page Top

#2 That's a very interesting fact about the Gauls/barrels! Thanks for sharing that JFM

Posted by Yosemite Sam 2013-06-04 09:48|| 2013-06-04 09:48|| Front Page Top

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