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By the middle of the second century BC, however, with the defeat of the Etruscans and the Samnites, Pyrrhus and the Greeks, Philip of Macedonia and the Carthaginians, Rome controlled the Mediterranean, and there were both the wealth and markets to invest in vineyards. The earliest work on wine and agriculture was written in Punic. Wineass.com - Wine Reviews, Without the Bull. Nashoba Valley Winery, Orchard and J's Restaurant. Boston Wine Tasting, Wine Education, Wine Classes and Wine Dinne.
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