Were the Greeks the first to bring viticulture to Italy? Basilicata “debunks” the myth

Jun 01, 2023 896

The Greeks brought viticulture to Italy, but the question of how they would do it has never been asked. At least until now.

Research proves exactly the opposite and follows the traces of the Greeks and then the Romans in their penetration of the Apennine territories, starting with the Alta Val d’Agri, one of the terminals of Greek exploration and then Roman colonization of the Lucanian hinterland, in Basilicata-which boasts 3,000 years of oenological history.

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