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Wine, Alcohol and the Spirit

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Wine is bottled poetry.
– Robert Louis Stevenson

Wine fermenting and wine drinking are as old as the earliest of the human race. Apparently, archaeological digs have unearthed evidence that wine & beer fermenting was already in existence during the neolithic age.

What it is about wine that it has continued to rule, calm, ruin, obsess humans?  Why men whine about wine?  Why get addicted with alcohol?  Why make merry with the spirit?

Let us hear from some known word smiths who had something to say about this enthralling liquid that can soothe or burn the throat.

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The Wine Cabinet, Photo by JMorton

Wine, Alcohol and the Spirit

 

  • Drinking is a way of ending the day.
    – Ernest Hemingway
  • Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.
    – Seneca
  • In the matter of wine you must go by the taste and let everything else go hang.
    – Hilaire Belloc
  • I’m not a heavy drinker; I can sometimes go for hours without touching a drop.
    – Noel Coward
  • … the healthiest and most health-giving of drinks.
    – Louis Pasteur
  • Wine is a living liquid containing no preservatives.
    – Julia Childs
  • Wine maketh merry but money answeret all things.
    – Ecclesiastes 10:19
  • You are not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on.
    – Dean Martin

Beer

  • He was a wise man who invented beer.
    – Plato

Wine Personality

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Wine rejoices the heart of man and joy is the mother of all virtues.
– Goethe

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I saw this chart from Bizzie’s timeline in Facebook and I thought I’d add it here.  It is our chuckle for this beautiful Sunday.
Hmmm… if you like fortified wine, you are well passed your sell by date.

Having a glass  or two now and again can be good for you.  It chills you out and relaxes you.  Just don’t everdo it.

I have a friend who told me that her husband and her used to drink a bottle of wine everynight with their supper.  They started limiting the amount of drinks they had when they noticed that a bottle of wine barely touched them, when it used to send them tipsy and had a goodnight sleep.

Remember:  Don’t drink and drive!

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Glass of Wine for a Healthier Heart

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Glass of Wine for a Healthier Heart

We have heard that red wine is supposed to be good for the heart but according to a massive 10-year study made at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, a half a glass or up to a glass of any liquor, beer or wine, whether red or white, are equally as good.  Just ensure that your tipple stops at just a glass a day.

The study, authored by Dr Monk Jimenez, found that women who drank a glass of spirit a day had a lower risk of stroke than those who were complete teetotal.

The reason why alcohol is useful is because of its element that prevents the dangerous clotting of the blood.  Another factor was that it also raises the level of good cholesterol in the blood.

But girls, the study was in no way giving encouragement to imbibe senselessly with alcohol every day.  Too much alcohol in the bloodstream, paradoxically, can also bring out problems of its own like a higher risk of blood pressure.  Just remember,   too much of everything can be a dangerous thing.

Moderation is the key.

ANY WINE AS LONG AS IT IS “ARAK”

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A five-minute immersion exercise Philippine history
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Jose Sison Luzadas
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ANY WINE AS LONG AS IT IS “ARAK”

Of the many native revolts and uprisings recorded during the early Spanish time most were caused by pagan superstitious beliefs in conflict with Catholic practices or the refusal to pay the collection of excessive tribute. When the freedom-loving Ilocanos of Piddig or San Ildefonso, Ilocos Sur were banned from drinking their favorite wine, it precipitated the “BASI REVOLT of 1807.

According to Wikipedia:

“Wine has a rich history dating back to around 6000 BC and is thought to have originated in areas now within the borders of Georgia and Iran.[6][7] Wine probably appeared in Europe at about 4500 BC in what is now Bulgaria, Macedonia and Greece, and was very common in ancient Greece, Thrace and Rome. Wine has also played an important role in religion throughout history. The Greek god Dionysos and the Roman equivalent Bacchus represented wine, and the drink is also used in Christian and Jewish ceremonies such as the Eucharist (also called the Holy Communion) and Kiddush.
The word “wine” derives from the Proto-Germanic “*winam,” an early borrowing from the Latin vinum, “wine” or “(grape) vine,” itself derived from the Proto-Indo-European stem *win-o- (cf. Hittite: wiyana ,Lycian: Oino, Ancient Greek οῖνος – oînos, Aeolic Greek ϝοίνος – woinos).[8][9]”

The Ilocanos in northern Luzon like the Lebanese and people living in the Mediterranean cities in Europe enjoy drinking wine they all call “ARAK”!