Festival Raises Glass to Romans. Wine and music played integral roles in ancient Rome; a sleepy Yorkshire village is celebrating its heady links to both. Archaeologists found a tablet at Hadrian's Wall which, was in effect, a shopping list with an instruction to 'bring back wine from Aldborough.' Dr Rose Ferraby, co-director of Aldborough Roman
Nestled between York and Boroughbridge, Aldborough emerged as a pivotal hub of Roman civilisation. Clair Challenor-Chadwick visited the archaeological site.