Events Tagged: "export"

Shiraz becomes wine center - Persian wine production and trade expands, Shiraz grapes spread throughout ancient world

Phoenicians spread wine culture - export wine and vines throughout Mediterranean, establish vineyards in colonies

Rome bans wine export across Alps - attempts to prevent barbarian invasions by keeping Celts from wine, widely ignored by merchants

Celts invent soap - Pliny credits Gauls with soap making from tallow and ash, exported to Rome for hair dyeing

Italian wine production peaks - estimated 1.8 million hectoliters annually, massive export throughout Mediterranean and beyond

Gallic wine production surpasses Italian - former barbarians now export wine to Rome, Pliny complains about competition

Spanish wine dominates trade - Tarraconensis wine shipped throughout empire, Spanish amphorae found from Britain to Egypt

Mexico maintains vanilla monopoly - only place where natural pollinators (Melipona bees) exist