Winemaking practices in coastal Italy during the Roman period involved using native grapes for making wine in jars waterproofed with imported tar pitch, according to a study published in the open-access journal From the amphorae to understanding the content; this multi-analytical analysis relied on archaeobotany and molecular identification [Credit: Louise Chassouant] The authors examined three Roman…

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