The influence of wine in ancient Greece helped ancient Greece trade with neighboring countries and regions. Many mannerisms and cultural aspects were associated with wine. It led to great change in Ancient Greece as well.
The peoples of the Mediterranean began to emerge from barbarism when they learned to cultivate the olive and the vine.[1]
The ancient Greeks pioneered new methods of viticulture and wine production that they shared with early winemaking communities in what are now France, Italy, Austria and Russia, as well as others, through trade and colonization. Along the way, they markedly influenced the ancient European winemaking cultures of the Celts, Etruscans, Scythians and ultimately the Romans.[2]
- ^ H. Johnson Vintage: The Story of Wine, pp. 35–46 Simon and Schuster 1989 ISBN 0-671-68702-6
- ^ J. Robinson (ed) "The Oxford Companion to Wine" Third Edition pp. 326–329 Oxford University Press 2006 ISBN 0-19-860990-6