It is not surprising that people hardly ever associate Britain with wine and in fact it may astonish you to learn that grapes are grown in the open air in England and nearly 200,000 wine bottles were sold in 1975.There is nothing very new in growing grapes in Britain,in spite of the climate.The Romans planted the first vines about AD 300 and for a long time people always drank home-produced wines.What destroyed the English wine industry was not so muc

It is not surprising that people hardly ever associate Britain with wine and in fact it may astonish you to learn that grapes are grown in the open air in England and nearly 200,000 wine bottles were sold in 1975.There is nothing very new in growing grapes in Britain,in spite of the climate.The Romans planted the first vines about AD 300 and for a long time people always drank home-produced wines.What destroyed the English wine industry was not so much a change in the climate as the fact that an English King,Henry II,inherited the Bordeaux area of France as part of his dominions during the twelfth century and the imported wine provided a great deal of competition.The English wine industry did not disappear,however,until the sixteenth century,when the monks,who had been the main producers in the meantime,had their estates taken away by Henry VIII.The new owners let the vineyards die out.But now English people,probably because of their memories of holidays by the Mediterranean,drink more wine than ever and the new industry is now developing at a modest but consistent rate.
很奇怪人们几乎不会把酒跟英国联系在一起.而事实会吓你一跳：英格兰遍地种满了葡萄,而且,在1975年,它一年卖掉的葡萄酒差不多200000瓶之多.………………
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