Greeks Introduced Wine to France?

The widespread reputation for France as a country which loves wine and produces many wine varieties might be something of a cliché if it wasn't also largely true. Now Professor Paul Cartledge is hoping to settle the debate about who first introduced wine into France, by arguing it was Greek traders in 600 BC, not Etruscans or Romans. A press release from his university (Cambridge) summarises his points: "two...swing the argument firmly in the Greeks' favour. First, the Greeks had to marry and mix with the local Ligurians to ensure that Massalia survived, suggesting that they also swapped goods and ideas. Second, they left behind copious amounts of archaeological evidence of their wine trade (unlike the Etruscans and long before the Romans), much of which has been found on Celtic sites." The settlement of Massalia is present day Marseille. It does sound convincing...