From The Jerusalem Post (27/04/2023)

Israeli and European archaeologists provide new insight into the mystery of ancient Gaza wine. Grape pips (seeds) that were excavated from a Byzantine monastery in the Negev hint at the origins of the ‘mysterious’ Gaza wine and the history of grapevine cultivation in desert conditions. One of the seeds – probably from a white grape – has been dated to the 8th century and may be the earliest of its kind documented anywhere in the world.