YAVNE, Israel — Israeli archaeologists said on Monday that they had discovered a huge 1,500-year-old winemaking facility.
One of the excavation’s directors, Jon Seligman, claimed the wine produced in the area was known as “Gaza” wine and was exported across the region. The experts assume that the label’s main production site was in Yavne.
The structure was discovered during excavations for the construction of Yavne, a town south of Tel Aviv, over the last two years, according to the antiquities department.