On Sat, Jun 05, 2004 at 09:09:15PM -0400, William Donzelli wrote:
But until the
Romans driking wine was safer than drinking the water for
the most part.
Yes, but the Romans diluted there wine with water. Kind of disgusting,
actually.
As did (and frequently still do) the Greeks. We used to water our wine
at dinner when I was doing archaeology, lest we, um, accidentally
overindulge while eating.
I wouldn't try it with other varieties of wine - they don't stand up
to the practice as well as the some of the Mediterreanean varieties.
-ethan
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