Homina, homina, homina
Posted on 11/10/2005 11:25:03 AM PST by Cyrus the Great
Only after a few glasses of wine... ;o)
“I could drink much wine and yet bear it well” --
I bet the guys was a falling-down lush. Just because no one told him he was making scenes- they'd be beheaded. ha
Probably like Red Skelton
I knew it was Latin. Studied it for four years
Figured perhaps an ancient Roman was traveling through Persia and discovered this old truth.
He did........His name was Octavius......
I prefer my hurricanes with red wine.........
"Archaeological investigations have shown that in fact it was in Persia that the earliest wine was made in world history."
All very interesting, but in Genesis 9:20-21 it reads, "Noah, a farmer, was the first person to plant a vineyard. He drank some wine, got drunk, and lay naked inside his tent." This is recorded soon after the flood. No doubt this would pre-date anything in Persia.
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Mount Ararat isn't too far from Persia.
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Well Cyrus, didn't know you were still around after all these years. If I remember my Persian history, you weren't a bad despot as despots go.
OMG, did you get a bottle of the 25th Anniversary edition of the single vineyard "Lyon?" There was only 700+ cases made. I got one of them, it is spectacular! Black bottle with gold ceramic label. It's what I call a "spanker."
I wonder if you remember a University of Virginia football player, I think he was a running back, they called the "Persian Panther" or was it "Persian Tiger"?, I know it wasn't Persian Kitten.
I was living in Virginia when he escaped from Iran and returned to the U.S with his family.
Noah's flood was probably in 5,600 BC.
"Mount Ararat isn't too far from Persia."
That is true. Eastern Turkey borders Iran.
"Noah's flood was probably in 5,600 BC."
These datings can be interesting, of course. If we use Genesis Chapter 5, giving the genealogy from Adam to Noah at 'face value', the year of the flood, starting with Adam as year 'zero', is 1656. This, by the way, is the same year Methusela died.
that's the one I want to taste!
No. Didn't get one of those but the recent Monte Rosso Zinfandel vintages have been very good and I bought a case. To tell you the truth, all of their zins have been very good.
I've had a few of them but I am going to hold this one to maturity. Unfortunately, they are now gouging the market based on their previous successes. I priced the 2003 Grange at a local wine shop at over $225. I don't buy in that price range anymore especially when I think a wine is selling its label. I see prices like that and I start to think I should give the money to someone who really needs it for some charitable good.
What is maturity for a 1996 Grange?
I'm sitting on some 1998 Shiraz which was a great year. I have some good ones like Dead Arm, but I think they can wait another 5-10 years.
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