From the Roman Reconquest

wine amphorae from the Roman era, at the Museo de Badalona
During the Roman wine was sold in the Spanish Empire and exported widely. The two largest wine producing regions of that time were Tarraconensis in the north and Baetica in the south. During this period was exported to Gaul more Spanish to Italian wine, witness the amphorae found in the ruins of Roman settlements in Normandy, the Loire Valley, Brittany, Provence and Bordeaux. The need to supply the vast empire and its legions contributed to the already significant commercial traffic that had reached the Spanish wines. The quality of Spanish wine in Roman times was varied. Martial and Pliny the Elder noted the high quality wines from some of Ovidio Tarraconensis note that while a very popular Spanish wine Vendidad Rome, known as Saguntum, only served to get drunk, (amatory Ars 3.645-6).
Winepress of the fourth century, Puerto de Santa Mar a
After the decline of the Roman Empire, Hispania was invaded by Germanic hordes that destroyed many plantations of vine. Little is known about the progress of viticulture and winemaking during this period but it seems clear that there was some kind of wine industry when the Arabs occupied the perninsula early eighth century. Although the Arabs and Muslims were subject to Koranic laws that prohibit the use of alcohol, grape cultivation continued and even improved during the period of Muslim domination. Moorish rulers had an ambiguous attitude towards wine. Several emirs and caliphs owned vineyards and drank wine and even had written laws that outlawed the sale of wine dynasties more liberal Christians allowed to continue cultivating their vineyards and wine making, especially in the monasteries.
With the Reconquista became open to the possibility of export of Spanish wine. Bilbao emerged as a major trading port, through which introduced Spanish wines in the markets of England Bristol, London and Southampton. The quality of some of these wines exported seems to have been high. In 1364, the court of Edward III established the maximum price of wine sold in England, with Spanish wines, valued at the same level as the wines of Gascony and higher than those of La Rochelle. The high alcohol content of most Spanish wines favored mixing wines with "weak" in the cooler climate regions of France and Germany, although there were laws that explicitly outlawed the practice.

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