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Wine Stories [Part 2]

By Laurent Jouvin July 25, 2013 July 25, 2017 itemprop="discussionURL"3

A TOAST! During the middle ages, toasting was an act of trust. Poisoning being a frequent practice back then, toasting consisted in trading beverages within each other. It also used to be a two step process: one of the drinkers would clink his glass with another to express friendly feelings, after which the second drinker would …

Wine Stories

A Toast!

By Steve Jacobson March 4, 2013 May 21, 2019 itemprop="discussionURL"9

A friend of mine (Thank you Charles!) suggested this topic for today’s post – and because it is wine-related, I ran with it. Even though I am familiar with some of the history, I wanted to dig into the subject a little more. So just where did the ritual of …