Posts tagged ‘wine’
A brief history of wine and religion
‘Let us adore and drink!’ A brief history of wine and religion In a letter to the Abbe Morellet in 1779, Benjamin […]
09/09/2015. Category: food. Tags: wine
Who drinks the most wine?
Nearly all wine is made from cultivars of only one species of grape, the Vitis vinifera grape. From this species about 4,000 […]
10/31/2013. Category: food. Tags: wine
Death penalty for selling sour wine
The French Revolution started when revolutionaries stormed the Bastille prison in Paris in 1789. Meant to rid the country of the nobles […]
10/05/2010. Category: odd. Tags: death, revolution, wine
Proper table settings
What goes where on the table and which glasses go with what drinks Real easy to remember, the etiquette experts tell us. […]
02/01/2010. Category: food. Tags: tablesettings, wine
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