[Sca-cooks] English wine

Stefan li Rous StefanliRous at austin.rr.com
Mon Jul 18 23:09:34 PDT 2005


Lainie mentioned:
> I think it was Geoffery of Wales who noted that the English wines were 
> so
> ghastly that one drank them with a shudder, straining it through the 
> teeth...

Perhaps, but this is the quote I have:
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"English wine is more fit to be sieved rather than drunk."
     - Peter of Blois, 12th c.
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 From someone's sig. line, I think from this list. I've saved this to 
add to the top of the Florilegium wine-msg file.

Stefan
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