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克里特岛是希腊最大和最南端的岛屿,自公元前三千年以来就一直在生产葡萄酒。由于其在地中海的战略位置,北临爱琴海,南临利比亚海,它成为了一个广阔贸易区域的中心。在公元前最初的四个世纪里,日晒干燥的克里特葡萄酒出口到当时已知世界的各个角落,从塞浦路斯到迦太基(现今的突尼斯),再到瑞士、法国、意大利和黑海地区。在威尼斯统治时期(14-17世纪),甜型马尔瓦西亚 (Malvasia) 葡萄酒出口到整个欧洲:16世纪中期每年高达60,000桶。
有大量考古证据证明古代的酿酒和葡...