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According to the
information we have there were vineyards in Halkidiki (at Mendi, Skione,
Akanthos and the Mt. Athos peninsula), on Thasos, at Pella and Stagira, where
Aristotle himself kept a vineyard. An inscription has also been found on
Thasos dating from the 5th century BC, which regulates all aspects of the
grape harvest, wine production and the sale of wine, which could only be sold
in amphorae officially sealed by the market inspectors. The same law, intended
to protect the authenticity of the local wine, determined that no ship bearing
wine could approach the port of Thasos, on pain of seizure of the vessel.
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