The Story of Roman Wine, through a blend of classical literature, archaeology and vineyard science, describes how the Romans perceived wine's significance in their everyday life at all levels of society, senator to slave.
"When in Rome..." is a cliche we've all heard, but what do they do in Rome? The snappy answer to that is, "go to Rome and see." But what of Romans past, say two millennia ago? As the forebears of the Italians, one might assume that the Romans were lovers of the grape; but what is the fact of the matter...(read more)