The Medieval Year, a weekly feature of the Via Mediaevalis newsletter, gives us an opportunity to appreciate calendrical artwork from the Middle Ages, reflect on the basic tasks and rhythms of medieval life, and follow the medieval year as we make our way through the modern year.
I love the way you’ve noted how medieval wine making methods produce wine with flavors that can’t be replicated from one batch to the next.
This piece brings to mind a description of a more rustic French wine I read the other, promising “hints of barnyard.” I thought it was rather off-putting at the time, but maybe it was worth a try!
What fun--so interesting! Great pictures. And so true--medieval wine can never be reproduced.
I love the way you’ve noted how medieval wine making methods produce wine with flavors that can’t be replicated from one batch to the next.
This piece brings to mind a description of a more rustic French wine I read the other, promising “hints of barnyard.” I thought it was rather off-putting at the time, but maybe it was worth a try!
Yes, uniformity was in very short supply in the pre-industrial days. Folks couldn't attain it and didn't want it anyway.
I will never again be satisfied with a bottle of wine knowing that somewhere out there is a vintner promising "hints of barnyard."
Yes, Robert. The purples and the greens are beautiful. They drew me right it and, I think, offer a sense of calm to the reader.