However, while domestic wine production had a long history in ancient Egypt and Persia and classical writers such as Columella and Pliny the Elder did describe very "muscat-like" grape varieties such as Anathelicon Moschaton and Apianae that were very sweet and attractive to bees (Latin apis), there is no solid historical evidence that these early wine grapes were members of the Muscat family.
Con todo, aínda que que a produción doméstica de viño ten unha longa historia no antigo Exipto e en Persia e a que os escritores clásicos como Columella e Plinio o Vello describiron como moscatel a variedades como a anathelicon moschaton e apianae, dicindo que eran moi doces e atractivas para as abellas (en latín apis), non hai evidencias históricas sólidas de que esas antigas uvas de viño fosen membros da familia moscatel.