

What wines were with Columbus in 1492?

4:43 PM, Oct. 8, 2013
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Monday is Columbus Day and I would like to celebrate the day with a wine similar to the wines taken on his journeys. I have done some research and have not been able to find what wines, if any, Columbus' crew had on board. Remember, he was an Italian sailing under the Spanish flag. Would he have taken Italian or Spanish wines? Or would he have selected French or Portuguese wines?

Just what wines were available in 1492? How were they stored? How could they be transported? How would you keep them from going bad? Bottles did not exist but barrels did. The ancient Greeks used amphora to transport wine. In ...

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