By the fourteenth century, importing wine was a major business.
French wine was the first foreign wine imported into China.
In 1922, the law had been modified to grant an exception to wines imported from Spain.
It also resells a small quantity of wine imported from Italy.
And he imported French wines, spending the princely sum of $2,000 a year (about $18,000 today).
The wine-making tradition died out around the 16th century, when it proved easier to import fine wines from the Continent.
His first inclination was to import wine or beer, but that kind of importing, he found, is very competitive and highly regulated.
Given the period of crisis that the country in question is facing, the plan aims to increase the amount of wine imported from Moldova.
The firm also imported and sold wines and cigars, in addition to its brewing concerns.
The town grew into a busy little port, exporting wool and importing wine which was demanded by the upper class.