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Greeks uncorked French passion for wine. Ancient Greeks
introduced wine to France, Cambridge study reveals The original
makers of Côtes-du-Rhône are said to have descended from Greek
explorers who settled in southern France about 2500 years ago,
it claimed. The study, by Prof Paul Cartledge, suggested the
world's biggest wine industry might never have developed had it
not been for a “band of pioneering Greek explorers” who settled
in southern France around 600 BC. His study appears to dispel
the theory that it was the Romans who were responsible for
bringing viticulture to France. The study found that 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. Prof Cartledge said
within a matter of generations the nearby Rhône became a major
thoroughfare for vessels carrying terracotta amphorae that
contained what was seen as a new, e