Wine in history: Death by wine
Stuart Walton on the dangers of the poisoned chalice.
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Madhu: A luxurious salve to humankind and the gods
Stuart Walton on the sweet intoxication of ancient India.
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Wine in history: Rivers of wine
In this life and the next, a river of wine will always be charged with meaning.
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Wine in history: Wine as blood
Stuart Walton explores the sanguine significance of red wine.
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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.
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Wine in history: Ampelos, the satyr of the grapevine
The lover of Dionysos who gave his name to ampelography.
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Wine in history: Knocking it back
What does it mean to down wine in one?
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By decree: The Duke of Burgundy’s 14th-century AOC
Philip the Bold’s 1395 ordinance is famed for establishing Pinot Noir ahead of Gamay as Burgundy’s dominant red grape variety.…
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