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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