Estreicher, Stefan K. “Wine and France: A Brief History.” European Review 31, no. 2 (April 2023): 91–179. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1062798722000370.
The review places al-Kindi’s discussion of date-palm-wine distillation around 866 CE and describes likely production as small-scale.
Stefan K. Estreicher, “Wine and France: A Brief History,” European Review 31, no. 2 (April 2023): 129, https://doi.org/10.1017/S1062798722000370.
Stefan K. Estreicher, “Wine and France: A Brief History,” European Review 31, no. 2 (April 2023): 129, https://doi.org/10.1017/S1062798722000370.
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Estreicher, “Wine and France,” 129.
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Stefan K. Estreicher, “Wine and France: A Brief History,” European Review 31, no. 2 (April 2023): 129, https://doi.org/10.1017/S1062798722000370.
The review places al-Kindi’s discussion of date-palm-wine distillation around 866 CE and describes likely production as small-scale.
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