[C19fan]

I was listening to a podcast where the topic of Roman wine came up. The host claimed Roman wine would have tasted horrid to a modern person with all the added impurities from the production and storage. The common practice was to dilute and heat up Roman wine.
Although people all over Eurasia loved Roman wine as it was a major export item.

[pepsi_junkie]

I was listening to a podcast where the topic of Roman wine came up. The host claimed Roman wine would have tasted horrid to a modern person with all the added impurities from the production and storage.

Maybe but it probably goes both ways. If modern man would say that Roman wine would taste awful with the impurities ancient Romans would probably say modern wine was flavorless swill lacking the character of a true Roman vintage.

Different points of reference and perspective.

[Night Hides Not]

Hmm, I wonder if that was the genesis for gluhwein, i.e. hot spiced wine. It's a big hit during the winter months, warms you up quick.

The Roman influence along the Rhine and Mosel Rivers is strong. I lived in Traben-Trarbach, about a 30 minute drive south to Trier. On a nice weekend day (very few fwiw), I liked to drive to Trier and spend an hour or two drinking wine in an open air cafe close to the Porta Nigra. Many spots along the Mosel offer breathtaking views.

What's special (to me) about the Mosel is that over 2/3 of the grapes are grown on slopes greater than 60%. Everything is done by hand, due to the severity of the slope.

I still buy wine from my favorite winemaker in Germany: Weingut Eduard Kroth of Briedel. It's been a family business since 1503. Their spatlese is to die for.

[Scrambler Bob]

The host claimed Roman wine would have tasted horrid to a modern person with all the added impurities from the production and storage.
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So that wine that Jesus made. Was it without all those impurities?

It WAS the best for last!