The BBC News website had a very interesting article recently about a striking twelfth century cellar in Southampton which is one of the surviving fragments of the castle. It was constructed to hold barrels of wine imported for the use of the King’s court. This was presumably.from Gascony after 1154, although some may have come directly across the Channel from Normandy or the Loire.
Southampton still has impressive remains of the town walls and was an important trading centre in the medieval centuries. This was not just for wine but also for the range of luxury goods from the Mediterranean imported by Genoese and Venetian merchants.
The article can be seen at Secret Hampshire: Inside city's largest medieval vault
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