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by Fred McMillin
for November 2000
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Beaujolais is an example of Archdeacon Rolleston's vine-friendly regions.
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108. Out of Eden ... (The Origin of Wine and Beer)
Prologue
The year is 1750. America's Benjamin Franklin is about to invent the lightning rod. France's King Louis XV is about to invent the asparagus-tip omelette. and England's Archdeacon Samuel
Rolleston is publishing a learned treatise that describes the origin of wine and beer. Here are some charming excerpts. (Sometimes "s" is written as "f".)
Origins
Wine - Adam, the firft man, could have no bodily diforder or lownets of fpirits, [so]
he would have been content with the water of Paradife. But as want of fpirits (the effect
of fin) foon appear'd amongft his defcendants, we cannot fuppofe it was long before he invented
a liquor [wine] which would raise them.
Moft learned men affert that Noah was the firft planter of vines and that the ufe of wine was not known before his time. For my own part, I imagine that Noah was taught to make it by fome of the
Antediluvians [who] were fwept away by the flood.
Beer -The fame need of refrefhment which caus'd the invention of wine in that part of the
world, where man was firft plac'd after he was expell'd out of Eden, did very foon after in
other countries produce other liquors, which might have the fame effect. Some foils and climates are unfit for vines, and cannot poffibly bring grapes to perfection. [But] man succeded
very well in finding fomething that would chear (sic) their Spirits, beer.
Postscript
I don't like to read a wine article that doesn't recommend a few good wines. Now, Archdeacon
Rolleston pointed out that there are areas unsuitable for growing wine vines. So, I'll mention some districts that are very suitable for wine production, and a wine from each that has scored well in recent blind tastings. The highest scorer is listed last.
Good Districts & Their Wines
Whites |
The Wine |
3rd |
North Fork of Long Island,
New York, Chardonnay by Palmer Vineyards |
2nd |
Friuli District, Northeastern
Italy, Pinot Grigio by Campanile (Beringer) |
1st |
Willamette Valley, Oregon,
Pinot Gris by Duck Pond |
Reds |
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4th |
Beaujolais, Southern Burgundy,
France, Morgon by Georges Duboeuf |
3rd |
Russian River Valley, Pinot
Noir by Davis Bynum |
2nd |
Anderson Valley, Mendocino
County, Pinot Noir by Handley |
1st |
Rutherford District, Napa
Valley, Cabernet Sauvignon by Staglin |
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