[SunkenCiv]

The original makers of Côtes-du-Rhône are said to have descended from Greek explorers who settled in southern France about 2500 years ago Photo: PAUL GROVER

[SunkenCiv]

Archaeologists have discovered a five-foot high, 31.5 stone bronze vessel, the Vix Krater, which was found in the grave of a Celtic princess in northern Burgundy, France...

[bannie]

Of COURSE they did: Dionysus invented it.

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[goodwithagun]

Currently sipping a lovely Cabernet franc port from Manatawny Creek Vineyards, a winery in Reading, PA.

[SunkenCiv]

The Spartans: The World of the Warrior-Heroes of Ancient Greece, from Utopia to Crisis and Collapse by Paul Cartledge	The Spartans directed by David Portlock

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[Tax-chick]

Well, duh. The Greeks spread wine production all over the ancient Mediterranean.

It’s funny that they don’t have a popular international wine product today. I never see Greek wines promoted here, and we’re mildly cosmopolitan: our health-foods store had a special on Georgian wines a while back ... the former Soviet republic, not the state a few hours south.

[nkycincinnatikid]

Must have permanently turned the french on to that other Greek thing later that evening.

[count-your-change]

Coat’-du-Ripple, You can’t keep a good wine down!

[americanophile]

...our indebtedness to the ancient Greeks only grows.

[eartrumpet]

I could have guessed the Greeks did it after watching My Big Fat Greek Wedding. Greeks invented everything.

[decimon]

But what about cheese? Huh? Huh? Huh? ;-)

[mikrofon]

the Greeks founded Massalia, now known as Marseilles, which they then turned into a bustling trading site, where local tribes of Ligurian Celts undertook friendly bartering

Perhaps they meant the Liquorin' Celts...

[Islam=Murder]

I prefer Ouzo.

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

Ancient Greece stretched from Georgia in the east to Spain in the west.

Colonies and culture of Magna Graecia! Recommend this obscure book to all, it's a real gem:

GODS WITH BRONZE SWORDS by Costa De Loverdo

Older book, cheap on Amazon, somewhat heavy on the speculation but always entertaining and thought-provoking. You start seeing the Greek influence in its earliest epoch, though the physical evidence was long ago broken down by the waves.

Another excellent work: MEDITERRANEAN, SAGA OF A SEA by Emil Ludwig. A Med-lover must-read!