Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Slack and Sack
Sack was a word used for Sherry in the Middle and Late Middle Ages. Slack is because I haven't posted in a few days. My Mother is in town so I've been a bit preoccupied. But I'm still on the trail of ancient wine trades and practices. Wolfgang over at Spume was the first to mention the Phoenicians and I welcome the reminder because I encounter them again and again. They are widely believed to be the originators of our alphabet and were certainly fierce and cog nascent traders who, apparently, were very fond of the vine. Sherry is the conduit I'm using now because it's cool, don't you know. If you don't just check out some wine blogs. A couple weeks ago Eric Asimov of the New York Times posted this blog accompanied by a full article and since then the other blogs are all-a-buzz about it. Some examples are here and here. I don't mean to suggest that they get their inspiration from him (in fact I think the opposite is true) but it's funny how cyclical and connected all this stuff is. My thoughts on Jerez and its place in wine history and culture will follow soon. Until then chill yourself down w/ some cold Fino, a glass bowl of almonds and a parrot who won't shut the hell up.
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First? cfr. July 11, 2008, Rational Denial (http://rationaldenial.blogspot.com/2008/07/bubbledome-2-spaniard-in-dome.html)
There's also some interesting posts on Sherry by Peter Liem in late May. And Catavino always has interesting things to say on the topic.
cheers,
My apologies to the lab, I'd not remembered that post. But I was just referring to a comment from Wolfgang on an early post of mine. I think the phrase "first to mention the Phoenicians" might be ancient code for a know-it-all blowhard (which I sometimes am) anyway. Thanks for the leads.
Hardly warrants apologies. I wasn't serious. Serious involves hunting you down where you live... Or so I read somewhere recently.
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