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Prof. Dr. Matheus will give a lecture on November 14, 2026, about the discovery of the first Roman wine press in the Nahe region and the current state of research on Roman wine history.

This event will also take place at the Museum Schlosspark, this time at 2:30 PM. The lecture will present new archaeological findings on the early history of viticulture in Germany and discuss them in the context of Roman expansion north of the Alps. While an independent viticulture in pre-Roman times has not yet been conclusively proven, literary sources and archaeological evidence clearly indicate the beginning of systematic wine production under Roman influence. Mediterranean cultivation methods and specialized pressing technologies significantly promoted the development of a market-oriented wine economy. The Roman wine press identified in Odernheim am Glan in 2024/25 opens up new perspectives: it marks the first secure evidence of Roman wine production in the Nahe area and expands the previous focus on the Moselle region's early viticulture. The find shows that Roman wine culture encompassed large parts of the northwestern provinces and established a tradition that continues to this day. The lecture will also illuminate the cultural-historical significance of this discovery and examine how archaeological evidence and narrative mediation can jointly contribute to the identity formation of wine-growing regions.

Prof. Dr. Michael Matheus, former director of the German Historical Institute Rome (2002-2012), researches comparative European regional history and the history of wine culture. He was a professor at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and led the Institute for Historical Regional Studies Rheinland-Palatinate for many years, of which he is the honorary chairman.

Admission: €5.00, members of the Wine Order receive free admission (upon presentation of order emblem or badge)

The Museum Schlosspark thanks the Wine Order at the Nahe for supporting these lectures.