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'''Wine''' in [[Westeros]] is comparable to [[w:wine|wine]] in the real world.  It is an alcoholic beverage made with fermented fruit juice, usually grapes. Wine is a very popular beverage. There are many different and  unique vintages of wine in Westeros and beyond.  Some vintages are vastly superior to others.   
 
'''Wine''' in [[Westeros]] is comparable to [[w:wine|wine]] in the real world.  It is an alcoholic beverage made with fermented fruit juice, usually grapes. Wine is a very popular beverage. There are many different and  unique vintages of wine in Westeros and beyond.  Some vintages are vastly superior to others.   
 
==Vintages of wine==
 
==Vintages of wine==
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==References in the books==
 
==References in the books==
 
===A Song of Ice and Fire===
 
===A Song of Ice and Fire===

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King Robert Baratheon in his cups - © FFG
Cersei Lannister drinking a cup of wine - by Matt Olson ©
King Robert Baratheon's wine cellar - © FFG

Wine in Westeros is comparable to wine in the real world. It is an alcoholic beverage made with fermented fruit juice, usually grapes. Wine is a very popular beverage. There are many different and unique vintages of wine in Westeros and beyond. Some vintages are vastly superior to others.

Vintages of wine

Westeros:

Essos and beyond:

References in the books

A Song of Ice and Fire

  • Wine is sometimes watered down for children or at certain times of day.
  • Boiling wine is sometimes poured into wounds to disinfect them.[citation needed]
  • Seamen are the worst gossips in the world when the wine is flowing.[citation needed]
  • Claw Isle's castle is reputedly stocked with more wines that a man could drink in a hundred years[14].
  • Small, tart grapes grow in the summer arbor on the Quiet Isle, from which the Brothers make a drinkable wine.[16].
  • It is said that across the Jade Sea they make a golden vintage so fine that one sip makes all other wines taste like vinegar. [9]
  • During his brief stay at Illyrio Mopatis's manse in Pentos, Tyrion Lannister notes that there is enough wine in the manse's cellar to keep him drunk for a hundred years. The cellar includes a cask of strongwine marked as the private stock of Lord Runceford Redwyne, the grandfather of Lord Paxter Redwyne of the Arbor - the taste of it is languorous and heady on the tongue, the color purple so dark it looks almost black in the dim-lit cellar.
  • Illyrio Mopatis tells Tyrion that when he and Varys were young men in Pentos, the older thieves were fools who thought no further than turning a night's plunder into wine. [7]
  • While journeying in Illyrio Mopatis's litter Tyrion drinks blackberry wine so sweet that it draws more flies then honey does.
  • Prince Aegon Targaryen tells Tyrion that as a child he was swapped with was some tanner's son sold to Varys for a jug of Arbor gold. The babe’s father had other sons but had never tasted Arbor gold.[2]
  • In the brothel in Selhorys Tyrion opts for the slave-whore with tight red curls upon her head. He says to the proprietor “I'll have a flagon too. Red wine with red flesh.” [2]
  • Penny throws a cup of gold wine Tyrion's face aboard the Selaesori Qhoran when she is still blames him for the death of her brother Oppo.
  • During her wedding ceremony to Khal Drogo, Daenerys Targaryen sits in her wedding silks with no one to talk to, nursing a cup of honeyed wine while talking silently to herself.
  • The Pureborn are notorious for offering poisoned wine to those they consider dangerous[9]
  • Daenerys Targaryen nibbles on flatbread, olives, figs and cheese and sips from a cup of watered wine during her audience in the hall of the Great Pyramid. The wine leaves a tart metallic aftertaste in her mouth.[8]

Winesinks, Taverns, and Inns

Winesinks, taverns, and inns are all popular places to drink wine (and other alcoholic beverages) both in Westeros and across the Narrow Sea.

Westeros:

Essos and beyond:

Quotes

The world is full of wine.[1]

Tyrion Lannister


... there were always dangers when men were in their cups, and a king should never be unguarded...[18]

- Catelyn Stark


I mean to sail to Westeros and drink the wine of vengeance from the skull of the Usurper.[9]

- Daenerys Targaryen


You see the wonders than can be worked with lies and Arbor gold?[19]

- Lord Petyr Baelish, to Sansa Stark


Japes are one way to keep the fear away. Wine's another.[20]

Tyrion Lannister, to Penny

External Links

The Wine Grapes of Westeros

References and Notes