National Drink Wine Day 2024
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Nowadays I don't drink any alcohol to speak of and I'm afraid wine went by the wayside along with the beer, liquor, Absinthe, and other varied alcohol of my past.
I'm not saying I'll never have another drink. I just haven't for the past 30 some odd years.
Wine. Vino. Inebriant. Wine spodiodie. The fermented juice of fruit, typically grapes sometimes to include the stems if you're going for grappa.
I have heard of various concoctions called "merlot" being created by prison populations in toilets. I'm afraid I could never go there. Above ALL else I remain the consumate hygiene freak.
Wine has been around since about 7000 BC and is featured prominently in scripture and other works of antiquity.
Today is National Drink Wine Day. It is an occurrence each February 18 and promotes a snootful of your favorite kind.
Wine has been a tradition of humans as a beverage and soother of the attitude for eons. I would give you my modern spin on the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam "A Book of Verses underneath the Bough" ...
A can of beans, a box of wine, and thou. |
So here's to the long human tradition of drinking wine.
Salute !
See Also:
World Sake Day 2023