SC - Ethiopian honey wine

[Bonne of Traquair]

>From: "Stapleton, Jeanne" <jstaplet at mail.law.du.edu>
>To: "'sca-cooks at Ansteorra.ORG'" <sca-cooks at Ansteorra.ORG>
>Subject: RE: SC - Ethiopian honey wine
>Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1999 10:46:20 -0700
>Reply-To: sca-cooks at Ansteorra.ORG
>
>>
>>Hi,
>>      Just thought Russ, Berengaria and others might be pleased to 
>>know that Ethiopian honey wine is (in my humble opinion) a  valid late  
>>period mead variant.  Alvarez's  account of the Portuguese 
>>embassy to Abyssinia in 1527 gave the local honey wine a very 
>>favourable review.
>>
>>Jan van Seist
>
>And if nobody can find it,I can locate bottles of it for you.  An 
>Ethiopian resteraunt here makes it according to the owners family's 
>recipe--she is extremely proud to say there are nothing but minimal 
>ingredients, no "food" for the yeasts, no "sulfites chemicals".  The 
wine is
>very good, both  the time she apologized for it being too new and later 
when
>she told me it is really ready to drink now. 
>
>Bonne
>	Bonne, I hung onto this until I had a moment--Yes, I
>	would like to know more!  Woo hoo!  This is exciting
>	news.
>
>	Berengaria

That's about all I do know about it.  I can buy it for $6 or $7 a bottle 
at The Blue Nile or at our Whole Foods grocery.  If you have one of 
those near you they may be able to get it from the NC stores. 

I'm so glad you posted this just now, made me think to get a bottle to 
take to 12th Night tomorrow!

Bonne

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