the romans HATED it here, it was the armpit of europe, they IMPORTED their wine, as did the upper class britons before them, as it was too wet and cold to grow decent grapes.
"From the archaeological record we know......Foodstuffs traded included very large quantities of cereals as exports, and wine, olive oil, olives and garum as imports. "
http://www.arch.cam.ac.uk/trac06/sessions/general3.html
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=spyCIqTzJu0C&pg=RA1-PA475&lpg=RA1-PA475&dq=roman+britain+wine+imports&source=web&ots=d86atPbCT3&sig=Sd0uxf2ZbXiZnHjJ2b-ToDBwY70&hl=en
the doomesday book lists 42 vineyards in England. today there are over 400!
http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Arh19UA3u_YQCAZoyhZM6i5kBgx.;_ylv=3?qid=20080131093308AA07c0s
http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AizDJ6L0WxJnMAkwD3HYR6NkBgx.;_ylv=3?qid=20080201141231AAFeLiQ
either its warmer now than in the mwp or this is not a good proxy for tempreature. which is it?
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