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    The History of the Wine Trade in England
    The History of the Wine Trade in England
    The History of the Wine Trade in England
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    The History of the Wine Trade in England

    By André L. Simon

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    Historians will enjoy this insight into the history of alcohol written by an expert in the field. This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRead Books Ltd.
    Release dateSep 6, 2016
    ISBN9781473354524
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      The History of the Wine Trade in England - André L. Simon

      The Wine Trade of England

      Past and Present

      THERE is no trade in the land of greater antiquity than the Wine Trade, nor can any other branch of commerce claim to possess greater or wider interest.

      The Romans, during their occupation of Britain, probably imported some wine for their own use, but they never introduced viticulture in the country, nor can they be said to have established a regular trade in wines between England and the Continent.

      The use of wine and the knowledge of viticulture in England are coeval with the introduction of the Christian faith.

      In nearly every Eastern and Continental province of the Roman Empire, vines were cultivated and wine was easy to procure; not so, however, in Britain, and there is no doubt that wine was imported regularly by the first Christian priests who obtained a sufficiently secure footing in this country and were able to build a church or monastery as a permanent abode.

      These early missionaries kept as close a connection as the times permitted with the larger and wealthier churches already flourishing in Gaul; they were, in many instances, the offshoots of these Continental missions, which supplied them with the clothing and the wine necessary to carry on their ministry, as well as with spiritual guidance.

      The Christian priests were more than mere religious teachers; they were the agents through whom the English came into real contact with the heritage of civilised life which had survived the destruction of the Roman Empire.*

      Their influence on the social and commercial life of Britain, whose inhabitants were steeped in the squalor of unintelligent poverty,* was far more considerable than that of the Romans, whilst the constant intercommunications of British and Continental religious houses served to encourage the development of foreign trade.

      Wine was imported into England during the fifth century, since it was served at the feast given by Hengist to Vortigern, when Rowena, who was soon to become the British chief’s bride, drank his health in a golden bowl filled with wine.

      In the following century, the fact that the princely Murchertach, son of Ere, fell and was drowned in a butt of wine, is vouched for by the learned editor of the Tripartite Life of St. Patrick, in the annals from the Book of Leinster.

      There is, however, very little doubt that the foreign trade of England, such as it was, was practically annihilated when the Saxons obtained the mastery or the northern seas, desolated the coasts of England and, by degrees, conquered almost the whole of the land. Under their heathen conquerors,

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