Roman wines may have looked and tasted better than long assumed. The answer lies in their use of clay jars, a technique still used in modern winemaking in Georgia. What did Roman wine taste like?

The ancient Romans had a profound relationship with wine. It was not just a beverage for them but an essential part of daily life, along with bread and water. However, being a perishable resource ...

Roman wine was slightly SPICY with 'aromas of toasted bread and walnuts', scientists say. Researchers analysed Roman dolia – clay jars the Romans used for winemaking ...

Roman wine tasted spicy, nutty and smelt like toast Study finds winemaking process in ancient Rome created drink not too dissimilar to some made today ...

The study, published on Jan. 23 in the journal Antiquity, analyzed Roman clay jars, known as dolia, which were used to manufacture, ferment and store ancient wines.

Roman wine tasted slightly ‘spicy’, according to a new study. By HT Correspondent. Jan 28, 2024 07:58 PM IST . Share Via. Copy Link. They suggest that the wines produced by the Romans were ...

Italian historians are drawing on 2,000-year-old Roman texts in an attempt to replicate the type of wine that would have been guzzled by the emperors, legionaries and plebeians of the empire.