HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF WINE

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HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF WINE
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--Are you a strict t. t.? says Joe. -- Not
taking anything between drinks, says I. James
Joice

• Some glimpses on wine science
• (drops of wine, french paradox, barrique flavour)
• History of wine
• Poetry and philosophy of wine

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g-lactone
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The names of wine

• Proto-indoeuropean woi-no or wei-no
• Near-Est windu, wijana, inu, yn, wainu,
  yayin(ancient
• Hebrew)
• Georgia gwino
• Egypt wns
• Europe (v)oinos (ancient Greek),vinum (Latin),
  vino(Italian
• and Russian), vin (French), fin (ancient Irish),
  wine
• (English),
• wein (German)

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Plain of Godin Tepe (Protosumerians)
Syria (3500-3100 B.C)
Egypt (3100-2700 B.C.)
Palestinia (2000 B.C.)
Greece (Hellas)
Fenicia (1400 B.C.)
Balkans
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• Measure through beyond-measure
• Wine and oblivion of suffering (lathikedés)
• Wine and eros

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ALKAIOS
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• Finché vivi,
• bevi! Ché una volta morto non tornerai
• più
• Omar Khayyam

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• Nunc est
• bibendum
• Horatius