COMMERCIAL EXCHANGES
Wine was actively sold and bartered as far back as the 7th century BC. It was transported in the form of thick grape juice contained in the innards of animals, sewn and sealed with resin, or in amphora. Closed with cork, wood or clay and sealed with resin or tar the wine lasted for years. The choice of vines was not casual, on the contrary: Plinio in fact describes a precise and researched knowledge of varietals, giving as example a Muscat wine, greatly appreciated by the Etruscans but disdained by the Romans.
