[Sca-cooks] Malvasia (Malmsey) and Rheinfal

[Elaine Koogler]

In the CA on mead, there is a section on bees and honey and their history.
You can find it to purchase a copy at http://www.sca.org/ca/issues.html

Kiri

On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 2:46 PM, <yaini0625 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Anyone done one on bees?
> Aelina
>
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> From: Elaine Koogler <kiridono at gmail.com>
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> Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2010 14:33:40
> To: Cooks within the SCA<sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>
> Reply-To: Cooks within the SCA <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>
> Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Malvasia (Malmsey) and Rheinfal
>
> Unfortunately no one has done a CA on wine...if anyone would like to, I'd
> certainly consider publishing it!!  And it's a great topic.  Maybe Stefan
> has something in his "Flory-thingey."
>
> Kiri (and in her alternate life, editor of CA)
>
> On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 2:08 PM, <wheezul at canby.com> wrote:
>
> > I come from a culture that doesn't drink alcohol, so my education in the
> > finer aspects of vino is sorely lacking.  I tried the florilegium but
> > didn't seem to find exactly what I wanted to know about "Malvasier"
> > [Malvasia] and "Rheinfal" in the German cookbooks I have been reading.
> > I'm sure someone here has thought about this before me!
> >
> > Thank you for the "Grapes" thread which pro.  A little internet searching
> > has revealed that Malvasia is also called Malmsey.  Does anyone know if
> > this is just a specific name in English?  What might the wine have been
> in
> > period?
> >
> > I'm guessing that Rheinfal is a type of wine that comes from the
> > Rheinland-Pfalz region of Germany.  Google-fu revealed many types of wine
> > originate there, and that there is surprisingly a near Mediterranean
> micro
> > climate as well in the area.  But, I still don't know what that might
> have
> > meant in the 16th century.  Cluebats?
> >
> > Is there a Creative Anachronist or some very good reference book on the
> > subject of historical wines that might yield further details? I could go
> > fishing in Worldcat, but it seems that picking wine books is like picking
> > out a good cookbook from a title.  Recommendations appreciated.
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Katherine
> >
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