I'll drink to that where we get behind the scenes of the beverage business.

I'm Levy Dalton.

I'm Erin Scala and here's our show today. Oh, The Wine legacy of Harris is linked directly to the region's strategic location.

Harris sits on the Atlantic just in front of the street of Gibraltar,

and over the millennia, the region has attracted many merchants.

During seafaring years, the city of Cadis became extremely important as one of the major

ports in Europe.

Ships passing into the Mediterranean would pass by Caddis and could resupply.

Ships passing out of the Mediterranean could stop and trade or

sell their wares. Ships heading west to the Americas could stock up for the

Atlantic journey before heading out without entering the Mediterranean or paying

any tariffs at the Strait.

A bustling multicultural trade society powered by wealthy merchants from all over the known world

made this region one of the most important places in Europe.

Because it's such an important place, especially in the pre-airplane era

when distance trading between kingdoms revolved around seafaring,

everybody wanted a piece of heres.

If you look at the important port city of Caddis,

it switched hands many times over a period of 3,000 years.

A few of the factions that controlled Ketties over the years

included the Phoenicians, the Roman, the Visigoths, and the Moors.

For much of this 3,000 year history, grapes were grown in the region and wine was made.

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