A 1,500-year-old wine factory the size of a modern-day football field has been unearthed in Israel, showing how vintners met demand for high-quality white wine popular throughout the ancient world.

Excavated in the city of Yavne, about 30km south of Tel Aviv, the cluster of five wine presses was once able to produce about 2-million litres a year, the Israel Antiquities Authority said...