Austria: A vanished wine kingdom
The Germans’ less efficient cousins have a storied wine history - even if most of it happened in other countries under the yoke of empire
Contrary to many depictions, our ancient Celtic ancestors were not collections of small warring tribes plotting cattle raids in Mayo bogs. Rather, we were part of a vast Celtic European civilisation, one that shaped wine culture more than we realise.
This vast civilisation was La Tene culture, named after one of its largest sites at La Tene in Neuchâtel in the Alps, at the crossroads of Austria, Switzerland and the Danube.
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