DNA From Ancient Grape Seeds Shows Spainβs Wine Came From the Phoenicians, Not the Romans
14 September 2026 at 11:20
One grape variety still grown in Spanish vineyards, hebΓ©n, has never gone out of cultivation for at least the last 1,100 years, according to the new study. That takes its lineage back to roughly the year 929, around when the Caliphate of CΓ³rdoba was proclaimed in southern Spain. Eleven centuries of unbroken agriculture, and the [β¦]
