Alex's instruction was rapid, for the doctor had to go off to the Rue Ecole De Medecine to hear more speeches with only time for one sip of wine to sustain him through them all.

She always let it be known that there was wine in the pot roast or that the chicken had been marinated in brandy, and that Koussevitzky's second cousin was an intimate of theirs.

Miss Vaughan was back in top form, somehow mellowed and improved with the passage of time -- like a fine wine.

She was eating bread and cheese just as fast as she possibly could, and washing it down with red wine.

I walked around breathing the cold wine of the air until I found a park, and I sat down on a snowy bench where the light was dim and came from the sky.

Amethyst was considered to be a strong antidote against drunkenness, which is why wine goblets were often carved from it.

According to a 16th century French poem, Dionysus, the god of intoxication, and of wine, was pursuing a maiden named Amethystos, who refused his affections.

:: for wine was given to men by the son of Semele and Zeus

Many fragments were supplied in quotes by Athenaeus, principally on the subject of wine-drinking, but fr. 333, " wine, window into a man ", was quoted much later by the Byzantine grammarian, John Tzetzes.

She habitually drank a lot of wine and was said to have received her name from that circumstance, as " Sanape " was purported to mean " drunkard " in the local language.

The city flourished, primarily due to wine trade, and the cathedral of St. André was built.

Archaeological confirmation of Bethlehem as an Israelite city was uncovered in 2012 at the archaeological dig at the City of David in the form of a bulla ( seal impression in dried clay ) in ancient Hebrew script that reads " From the town of Bethlehem to the King ," indicating that it was used to seal the string closing a shipment of grain, wine, or other goods sent as a tax payment in the 8th or 7th century BCE.

By then they had probably developed a taste for Madeira wine, and on 29 September near Cape Charles all they took from the Betty of Virginia was her cargo of Madeira, before they scuttled her with the remaining cargo.

He supposed he was in France, and sent a cask of wine which was worth 50 francs to England.

If, in England, the wine sold for 70 francs ( or the pound equivalent ), which he then used to buy coal, which he imported into France, and was found to be worth 90 francs in France, he would have made a profit of 40 francs.

Facundo Bacardí Massó, a Catalan wine merchant, was born in Sitges, Catalonia, ( Spain ) in 1814, and emigrated to Cuba in 1830.

Cranmer finished his work on an English Communion rite in 1548, obeying an order of Convocation of the previous year that Communion was to be given to the people as both bread and wine.

There was widespread opposition to the introduction of regular congregational Communion, partly because the extra costs of bread and wine that would fall on the parish ; but mainly out of an intense resistance to undertaking in regular worship, a religious practice previously associated with marriage or illness.

The Eucharistic prayer was split in two so that Eucharistic bread and wine were shared immediately after the words of institution ( This is my Body .. This is my blood ... in remembrance of me.

This was achieved by the insertion of the words ' and oblations ' into the prayer for the Church and the revision of the rubric so as to require the monetary offerings to be brought to the Table ( instead of being put in the poor box ) and the bread and wine placed upon the Table.

He was an able cook and made many kinds of wine.

He was made governor of the district of Magnesia on the Maeander River in Asia Minor, and assigned the revenues of three cities ; Magnesia ( about 50 talents per year-" for bread "), Myus (" for meat ") and Lampsacus (" for wine ").

In Greek mythology, Oenopion ( Ancient Greek:, Oinopion, English translation: " wine drinker ", " wine-faced "), son of hero Theseus or god Dionysus and princess Ariadne, was a legendary king of Chios, which was assigned to him by Rhadamanthys, and was said to have brought winemaking to the island.

" Therefore, Horemheb's reign has been determined and accepted today by most scholars to be 14 years and 1 month — Manetho had assigned him a reign of 4 years in his Epitome and 1 month — based on the clear evidence of the wine jar labels and the lack of dates beyond his Year 14 but this figure should be raised by a decade.

This private association created a logo that is assigned to goods ( cheese, beer, wine, etc.

These revels also involved the drinking of assigned quantities of wine, and the oversight of a master of the ceremonies appointed for the occasion from among the guests.

* Indicação de Proveniência Regulamentada ( Indication of Regulated Origin ), a label assigned by the Portuguese government to higher-quality wine produced in specific regions of the country.

During the 6th and 5th century BC, Lampsacus was successively dominated by Lydia, Persia, Athens, and Sparta ; Artaxerxes I assigned it to Themistocles with the expectation that the city supply the Persian king with its famous wine.

In the highest quality category, Prädikatswein ( formerly known as Qualitätswein mit Prädikat, QmP ), the wine is assigned a Prädikat based on the Oechsle reading of the must.

Brunello was the first wine to be awarded Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita ( DOCG ) status.

Marsala wine first received Denominazione di Origine Controllata ( DOC ) status in 1969.

Barolo is a red Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita ( DOCG ) wine produced in the northern Italian region of Piedmont.

Nebbiolo ( Italian ), or Nebieul ( Piedmontese ) is a red Italian wine grape variety predominantly associated with the Piedmont region where it makes the Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita ( DOCG ) wines of Barolo, Barbaresco, Gattinara and Ghemme.

Valpolicella ranks just after Chianti in total Italian Denominazione di Origine Controllata ( DOC ) wine production.

Grignolino has two Denominazione di origine controllata ( DOCs ) that produce wine from it-Asti and Monferrato Casale.

It was the first Italian wine to be awarded Denominazione di Origine Controllata ( DOC ) status in 1966 ; on July 9th, 1993 it was upgraded to Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita ( DOCG ).

In 1980, the Montalcino region was the first Italian wine region to be awarded Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita ( DOCG ) designation.

This is a category for Italian wine DOCs ( Denominazione di origine controllata ), the second-highest level of Italian wine " appellations ".

Since 1993 the wine has been classified as a Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita ( DOCG ) and as of 2004 was Italy's largest producing appellation.

It is famous for its Brunello di Montalcino wine.

In the case of Montalcino, gradual economic decline has recently been reversed by economic growth due to the increasing popularity of the town's famous wine Brunello di Montalcino, made from the sangiovese grosso grapes grown within the comune.

Scansano is notable for Morellino di Scansano, a type of wine.

Marsala is sometimes discussed with another Sicilian wine, Passito di Pantelleria ( Pantelleria Island's raisin wine ).

In ancient Carthage, a sweet wine called passum was made from air-dried grapes, and across the Malta Channel from the site of Carthage, similar wines are still made, called Moscato Passito di Pantelleria.

These wines include Vin Santo ( into which almond biscuits (' cantucci ') are traditionally dunked ), Sciachetrà, Recioto di Soave ( drunk with the local version of panettone ) and the sweet red Recioto della Valpolicella ( which stands up to chocolate better than most wine ).

Malvasia Candida ( different from the variety known as Malvasia di Candia ) has been historically grown on the island of Madeira being used to produce the sweetest style of Madeira wine known Malmsey.

Along with Barbaresco and Brunello di Montalcino, Barolo was one of the first Italian wine regions to attain this designation.

The town also is known for the white wine, Vernaccia di San Gimignano, produced from the ancient variety of Vernaccia grape which is grown on the sandstone hillsides of the area.

di Montefiascone, Italian wine region

The wine are a blend of 65 % Uva di Troia, up to 35 % blend of Montepulciano and Sangiovese with Sangiovese, itself, not to exceed 15 %, and other local red grape varieties allowed up to 5 %.

In 2005, the original DOC for Dolcetto di Dogliani Superiore was revoked and replaced by a DOCG ; this wine, which can also be sold under the name Dogliani, is made within a more limited zone than the DOC and the yield of grapes is restricted to 70 quintals per hectare.

Culatello is a refined variety of prosciutto, made from heavier pigs, cut to a fraction of the normal prosciutto and aged, and may be cured with wine, with culatello di Zibello having DOP status.

* Black Muscat ( also called Muscat Hamburg, Moscato di Amburgo ) Used for some Eastern European wine but mainly for table grapes in Italy, Australia and France.

* Lambrusco Grasparossa di Castelvetro-The smallest wine producing region located south of the town of Modena.

The local wine, Meraner Leiten ( Meranese di collina ), is a light red, best drunk young.

Castelli di Jesi, located around the commune of Jesi in the Ancona province is the larger of the two areas and tends to produce a higher volume or wine.