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English viticulture was probably introduced on a larger scale by the Romans, who had come to the island in 43 BC. Pollen finds from vines prove that there had been viticulture even before that time. Wine-growing is documented in a document from 731. 1152, the later King Henry II (1133-1189) came into possession of and large parts of western France, including (returned to France in 1453) by marriage to Eleonora of Aquitaine (1122-1204). French wine was imported on a large scale for almost 300 years. This was also the great era of the pink . But especially from southern Europe were also very popular from the middle of the 14th century, for example the Vernage (Vernacchia) from Italy and Malmsey from the islands of and , which was shipped from the Greek port of (Peloponnese). For this reason an independent English winegrowing came to a standstill for many centuries

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