In recent years, archaeologists have uncovered everything from a mysteriously ruined ancient wine shop to a 2,000-year-old Pompeiian snack bar to presidential ... Earlier this year, Canterbury ...

the Speyer wine bottle from the fourth century AD. Discovered in 1867, it is now housed in the Historical Museum of Pfalz, Germany. Decoding antiquity: Testing ancient wine with modern chemistry ...

But some of the wines most revered in ancient times are less well known today ... Fiano, also a white wine grape, is used in the prestigious appellation of Fiano di Avellino.