More on that Phoenician wine press

PHOENICIAN WATCH: 2,600-year-old Phoenician winery discovered on Lebanese coast. The site itself was well-preserved, offering a window into the past, showing exactly how the ancient Phoenicians cultivated and traded wine in antiquity (Zachary Keyser, Jerusalem Post).

This article summarizes the National Geographic story and supplements it with some information about wines in the Talmud.

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