The preeminent paradigm of pleasure: How the Greeks liked to drink and think
From the archive, a vintage review of Oswyn Murray's The Symposion: Drinking Greek Style: Essays on Greek Pleasure 1983–2017.
ByFrom the archive, a vintage review of Oswyn Murray's The Symposion: Drinking Greek Style: Essays on Greek Pleasure 1983–2017.
ByThe lover of Dionysos who gave his name to ampelography.
ByWhat does it mean to down wine in one?
ByPhilip the Bold’s 1395 ordinance is famed for establishing Pinot Noir ahead of Gamay as Burgundy’s dominant red grape variety.…
ByHow, why, and when should we raise a toast?
ByStuart Walton explores the wine culture of the gentlemen's clubs of Victorian and Edwardian Britain.
ByHow did wine get its status as the drink for intellectuals?
ByThe simplistic view of the French Revolution is of a period of chaos and extremism, but that was far from…
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