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By any other name
Roman slaves types
Categories of slaves mentioned by Plautus in his comedies:
- agaso – groom
- atriensis – steward
- auceps – fowler
- auri custos – jewelery attendant
- bubulcus – ploughman
- calator – footman
- cantrix – singer
- cellarius – storekeeper
- cistellatrix – wardrobe keeper
- coquus – cook
- cursor – messenger
- factor – poultry and game fattener
- genus ferratile – chain gang
- holitor – market gardener
- ianitrix – doorkeeper
- messor – reaper
- nuntius renuntius – messengers
- nutrix – nurse
- obstetrix – obstetrician
- opilio – head shepherd
- paedogogus – children’s chaperon
- pastores – shepherds
- pedisequa – attendant
- salutigeruli pueri – pages
- sartor – hoer
- sator – planter
- tonstrix – hairdresser
- unctor – masseur
- vestiplica – clothing folder
To the Moon Alice
Named in honour of Felicette, the first cat in space,.
This is an easy drinking white from the Languedoc. Using Grenache Blanc and a little Viognier it’s fresh and fruity.
The grapes are harvested, destemmed and then either hot macerated to extract colour a beautiful dark red colour, and some are cold fermented to get the best possible varietal fruit extraction. The fermentation is then conducted at controlled temperature with gentle pumping overs to extract only the better tannins. The different pressings are then blended before Christmas and are aged in stainless steel tank to preserve fruit and round tannins.
Grenache Noir 90% Syrah 5% Merlot 5%
An elegant supple, succulent and aromatic Grenache Rouge, and a mineral, crisp, and fresh Grenache Blanc, both IGP Pays d’Oc and indigenous to the region. Both have been carefully crafted to be subtle, sassy and food friendly.
A typical modern southern French wine. Good level of acidity, soft tannins, not excessively alcoholic but lots of interest.
Medium-bodied on the palate, soft and juicy.
PAYS D’OC GRENACHE ROUGE – FELICETTE CATS IN SPACE 2019
$17.49 regularly $18.99
14% Alcohol
UPC: 05060110825073
Selfies with the Police
Round 2 – Noteworthy Wines
Red
CABERNET FRANC – SANTA ANA LA MASCOTA 2018
CARMENERE – FALERNIA GRAN RESERVA ELQUI VALLEY 2017
Bolla Volpolicella Ripasso 2018
Pinha do Ribeiro Santo Red 2020
ROSSO – FRESCO DI MASI
CHINON – DOMAINE DE L’R LE CANAL DES GRANDS PIECES 2020 – Cab Franc
RASTEAU – CAVE DE RASTEAU LA DOMELIERE 2019
RIOJA – FAUSTINO ORGANIC WINE
PAYS D’OC GRENACHE ROUGE – FELICETTE CATS IN SPACE 2019
White
Quails Gate – Chardonnay
VINHO VERDE – BICO AMARELO
Novas gran reserva pinot gris
Trebbiano Chardonnay Nespolino 2020
CHARDONNAY – LE BONHEUR
SOAVE CLASSICO – BOLLA
RUEDA VERDEJO – EL PETIT BONHOMME BLANCO
ABRUZZO PINOT GRIGIO – MARE DI SIRENA
Tempus Two Quartz – Sauvignon Blanc
COTES DU RHONE BLANC – MEFFRE SAINT VINCENT
DOURO BRANCO RESERVA – CASA FERREIRINHA PLANALTO
VOUVRAY SEC – VINCENT RAIMBAULT BEL AIR 2020
LANGHE ARNEIS – FONTANAFREDDA BRICCOTONDO
Dunavar Pinot Grigio
Rose
Sandhill Rose
MALBEC ROSE – SALENTEIN PORTILLO UCO VALLEY VEGAN 2021
Santa Margherita Rose
Words to watch out for
Who and Why
The Audacity of Thomas G. Bright’s Merlot-Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay Sussreserve are made from grapes grown in the Niagara Peninsula and the Okanagan Valley with roots that stretch all the way back almost 150 years.
Full-bodied with a bit of spice and toast, the Cabernet-Merlot blend is grown in Okanagan and finished in whisky barrels for an exceptionally smooth finish. Look for red fruits from the Merlot and black fruits from the Cabernet.
Who would drink this? … Why – rebels, rascals, ruffians, hoofers and woofers and probably woofing hoofers – of course!.
It worked really well with Stew, which is also a hodgepodge of terroir.
THE AUDACITY OF THOMAS G. BRIGHT – CABERNET MERLOT 2019
$17.99
14.5% Alcohol
UPC: 00063657039915
Seeing what might not be there
Seeing what might not be there
Yine mi Çiçek – Sezen Aksu & Cihan Okan ( 2000) – Invisible Man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpPRdsLFdLo
Once upon a time in the West – Danish National Orchestra
Terroir Intense
In the center of Portugal, slightly more in the North, the small wine region of Dao can be found. With incredibly intense wines, they offer great value and quality.
The climate is temperate, where the winters are cold and rainy and the summers dry and warm. Soils are poor and granitic with poor retention of water, and the grapes varieties, combine to give different wines with more tannins, more acidity and freshness.
In the case of red wines, we have the Touriga Nacional grape variety that gives wines of intense red colour.
It has a high potential for aging, the aromas are intense, of high complexity, very mature black fruits and forest fruits. In the mouth it is full-bodied, persistent, robust, with an unmistakable velvety tannin structure, very fruityand elegant.
Just the kind of terroir we very much enjoy.
DAO – ADEGA DE PENALVA
$13.99 regularly $14.99
12.5% Alcohol
UPC: 05606469000053
