[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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