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Old 09-02-11 | 03:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Italuminium
In a classic case of "what did the Romans ever do to us?" they covered every sunny south facing hill in the bloody country with grapes. The Gauls were a beer (and mede!) culture at first. Glad the idea caught on, or else I wouldn't have been drinking that lovely Bordeaux yesterday.
Confluence of cultures, then. Works for me.
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