Wine in history: Self-portraits with wine
What do artists' depictions of their own wine-drinking tell us about changing attitudes to alcohol over the centuries?
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Stuart Walton
Stuart Walton has been writing on wine and food, as well as aspects of cultural history, since 1991. His books include Out of It: A Cultural History of Intoxication (2001), and Humanity: An Emotional History (2004).
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Wine in history: Freudian sips
Stuart Walton is troubled by a curious analogy between inebriation and erotic pleasure in a 1912 essay by Sigmund…
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A singular culinary almanac replete with the warmth of treasured memory
“Replete with the warmth of treasured memory, weaving a densely textured fabric of recollections that spin out from the…
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Wine in history: Songs of wine and wine of songs
“The happiness that wine creates emerges most joyously of all in drink-fuelled singing.”
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Wine in history: Advent celebrations
"Wine is the proper reward for those who generously bring happiness to others."
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Wine in history: Spiked!
What happens when wine is mixed with another psychoactive substance?
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A Thirst for Wine and War: A horrifying story of manipulation
A fascinating new book tells the story of how wine was used as a means of controlling troops on…
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Wine in history: Fountains of wine
Stuart Walton looks back on the days when wine flowed from London's public taps.
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Wine in history: Death by wine
Stuart Walton on the dangers of the poisoned chalice.
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