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'''Wine''' is an alcoholic beverage, which is made from fermented fruit juice,{{Ref|ACOK|60}}{{Ref|agot|54}} usually grapes. Wine is a very popular beverage amonsgt the nobility. Many different and unique  vintages can be found in the [[Known World]], with some vintages being vastly superior to others.
[[File:Ours-is-the-fury-art.jpg|King [[Robert Baratheon]] in his cups - © FFG|thumb|350px|right]]
 
[[File:Matt Olson Cersei Lannister.jpg|Cersei Lannister drinking a cup of wine - by Matt Olson ©|thumb|350px|right]]
 
[[File:Robert's Wine CellarJonny Klein.png|King [[Robert Baratheon]]'s wine cellar - © FFG|thumb|350px|right]]
 
'''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==
 
'''Westeros:'''
 
*[[Arbor]] gold {{Ref|ADWD|1}}{{Ref|aDwD|22}}
 
*Sweet reds from the [[Arbor]] {{ref|AGOT|54}}
 
*Sweet reds from [[Reach|the Reach]] {{Ref|ADWD|1}}
 
*[[Dornish]] sour reds {{Ref|ADWD|1}}
 
*Strongwine from [[Dorne]] - as dark as blood and as sweet as vengeance {{Ref|affc|38}}
 
*Strongwine from the private stock of Lord [[Runceford Redwyne]] - dark purple, languorous and heady on the tongue.{{Ref|aDwD|1}}
 
*Sweet plum wine {{Ref|acok|60}}
 
  
'''Essos and beyond:'''
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==About==
*[[Andalos|Andalish]] sours {{ref|agot|54}}
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Wine is very popular amongst the nobility, whereas the smallfolk prefer beer or ale. Wine is kept in casks and served in flagons. It can be watered down when preferable,{{Ref|asos|75}}{{Ref|AFFC|9}}{{Ref|AFFC|13}}{{Ref|ADWD|2}} e.g. when served to children.{{Ref|ASOS|29}}
*[[w:apricot|Apricot]] wine from [[Meereen]] {{Ref|aDwD|23}}
 
*[[w:blackberry|Blackberry]] wine - sweet and very cloying {{Ref|ADWD|5}}
 
*Dreamwine flavored with strange spices: from [[Qarth]]
 
*[[Ghis|Ghiscari]] wine - made with small yellow grapes, an inferior vintage that leaves a metallic aftertaste{{Ref|aDwD|2}}.
 
*Golden vintage from the [[Jade Sea]] {{ref|aCoK|40}}
 
*Pale green nectar of [[Myr]] {{ref|AGOT|54}}{{Ref|ADWD|1}}
 
*Honeyed wine
 
*Hot mulled wine spiced with cloves and nutmeg
 
*[[Myr|Myrish]] firewines {{Ref|ADWD|5}} - can be used to help aid digestion {{Ref|ADWD|5}}
 
*[[Pentos|Pentoshi]] pale ambers {{Ref|ADWD|1}}
 
*[[w:Persimmon|Persimmon]] wine from [[Slaver's Bay]] {{Ref|aSoS|27}}
 
*[[w:Pomegranate|Pomegranate]] wine
 
*Sweet red wines from [[Lys]] {{ref|AGOT|54}}
 
*[[Selhorys]] pale green wine {{Ref|aDwD|22}}
 
*[[Smokeberry]] browns {{ref|AGOT|54}} {{Ref|ADWD|5}}
 
*Spice wine
 
*Sweet [[Volantis|Volantene]] wine, including sweet reds.{{ref|AGOT|54}}
 
*White wine from [[Lys]] {{ref|AGOT|54}}
 
*[[Wine of Courage]] - drunk exclusively by [[Unsullied]] {{Ref|asos|23}}
 
*[[Shade of the evening]], peculiar to the [[warlocks]] of [[Qarth]] {{Ref|aCoK|48}}
 
*Unknown vintages from [[Yi Ti]] {{Ref|aDwD|1}}
 
*Unknown vintages from [[Asshai]] by the Shadow {{Ref|aDwD|1}}
 
*Unknown vintages from [[Qarth]] {{Ref|aDwD|1}}
 
*A golden vintage from the [[Jade Sea]] - so fine that one sip makes all other wines taste like vinegar. {{ref|aCoK|40}}
 
  
==References in the books==
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Wine is also used in healthcare. Boiling wine can be used to disinfect wounds prior to binding them up, either bey pouring it directly into the wound,{{Ref|THK}} or by using silks drenched in boiling wine.{{Ref|TMK}}
===A Song of Ice and Fire===
 
  
*Wine is often stored in skins and casks.{{fact}}
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[[Claw Isle]]'s castle is reputedly stocked with more wines that a man could drink in a hundred years.{{Ref|aSoS|36}} The [[Illyrio's manse|manse]] of [[Pentos]]hi [[magister]] [[Illyrio Mopatis]] contains a cellar with enough wine to keep a man drunk for a hundred years.{{Ref|ADWD|1}}
  
*Wine is sometimes watered down for children or at certain times of day.{{ref|AFFC|9}}  
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==Known Vintages==
 
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===Westeros===
*Boiling wine is sometimes poured into wounds to disinfect them.{{fact}}
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[[File:Robert's Wine CellarJonny Klein.png|King [[Robert Baratheon]]'s wine cellar - © FFG|thumb|350px|right]]
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In [[Westeros]], most of the wines are produced in the south. The [[Arbor]] is famed for its wines.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Reach}} The Arbor produces both sweet{{Ref|ACOK|25}} and dry red wines,{{Ref|agot|54}} as well as white wines, the most well-known of which is also called ''"Arbor gold"''.{{ref|ASOS|19}}{{Ref|ASOS|28}}{{Ref|AFFC|0}}{{Ref|ADWD|1}}{{Ref|ADWD|22}} The private stock of Lord [[Runceford Redwyne]], Lord of the Arbor, contains strongwine which had a dark purple colour, and which is languorous and heady on the tongue.{{Ref|ADWD|1}} Other places in the [[Reach]] produce wines as well. [[Highgarden]] produces [[hippocras]],{{ref|}} and sweet reds are produced elsewhere as well.{{Ref|adwd|1}} The [[Dorne|Dornish]], however, might refer to red wines from the Arbor as "red water".{{Ref|asos|66}} The Dornish produce their own wines, often called "Dornish reds".{{Ref|ADWD|1}} Dornish wines are generally sour,{{Ref|AFFC|17}} though they occasionally can be more rich of taste.{{ref|acok|8}}{{Ref|AGOT|54}}{{Ref|THK}} Strongwines from Dorne are as dark as blood, with a sweet taste.{{Ref|ADWD|38}} At least circa {{Date|211}}, Lord [[ Ambrose Butterwell]] was said to have the best wines north of the [[Arbor]].{{Ref|tmk}} On [[Quiet Isle]] in the [[riverlands]], small, tart grapes grow from which the brothers of the Quiet Isle make drinkable wines.{{Ref|AFFC|13}}
  
*Seamen are the worst gossips in the world when the wine is flowing.{{Ref|ADWD|15}}
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At the [[Wall]], the brothers of the [[Night's Watch]] drink hot mulled wine, spiced with cloves and nutmeg.{{Ref|ADWD|49}}
  
*The [[Arbor]] is known for producing the best wine in [[Westeros]].{{fact}}
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===Essos===
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Many of the cities found [[across the narrow sea]] produce their own brands of wine. Amongst the [[Free Cities]], sweet red wines are produced in [[Lys]] and [[Volantis]].{{ref|AGOT|54}} Lys also produces white wines, whereas the [[Tyroshi]] produce pear brandy.{{ref|AGOT|54}} The nectars of [[Myr]] are pale green,{{ref|AGOT|54}}{{Ref|ADWD|1}} though they also produce firewines which can be used to aid digestion.{{Ref|ADWD|5}} The wines of [[Selhorys]] are pale green as well,{{Ref|ADWD|22}}, while the [[Pentos]]hi produce pale ambers.{{Ref|ADWD|1}} [[Andalos|Andalish]] wines taste sour.{{ref|agot|54}}
  
*The [[Lazy Eel]] is a winesink in [[White Harbor]] renowned for offering the vilest wine in the city.{{fact}}
 
  
*[[Ulf the White]] and Ser [[Hobert Hightower]] die from poisoned Arbor gold provided by Hobert.{{ref|TPATQ}}
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The wine from [[Slaver's Bay]] is thin and pale.{{Ref|ADWD|50}} [[Ghis|Ghiscari]] wine is made with small, pale, yellow grapes,{{Ref|ADWD|2}} and is widely considered to be an inferior vintage,{{Ref|ADWD|2}}{{Ref|ADWD|6}} which leavse a metallic aftertaste.{{Ref|aDwD|2}} Other wines, like [[w:apricot|apricot]] wine can be important.{{Ref|ADWD|23}}
  
*[[Claw Isle]]'s castle is reputedly stocked with more wines that a man could drink in a hundred years{{Ref|aSoS|36}}.
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The [[Unsullied]] from [[Astapor]] drink the [[Wine of Courage]], which numbs them.{{Ref|asos|23}}
  
*When [[Kevan Lannister]] tells [[Cersei Lannister]] that she is as unfit a mother as she is as a ruler she throws a cup of red wine in his face.{{fact}}
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Further east, other wines can be found. In [[Qarth]], dreamwine is flavored with strange spices.{{ref|adwd|50}} The [[warlock]]s of Qarth drink the [[shade of the evening]], a thick, blue wine made from inky blue leaves found near the [[House of the Undying]].{{Ref|ACOK|48}} While at first this wine tastes terrible,{{Ref|ACOK|48}}{{Ref|ACOK|29}} it becomes better the more a person drinks.{{Ref|ACOK|48}} If enough shade of the evening is consumed, the drinker's lips turn blue as well.{{Ref|ACOK|27}}{{Ref|ADWD|16}}
  
*As they are breaking their fast in the Queen's Ballroom the morning of King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]]'s [[Purple Wedding|wedding]], [[Sansa Stark]] notices that Tyrion scarcely touches his food though he drinks several cups of wine.{{fact}}
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Unknown vintages can be found in [[Yi Ti]] and [[Asshai]].{{Ref|ADWD|1}} From the [[Jade Sea]] come golden vintages, which is said to taste so fine that all other wines taste like vinegar.{{Ref|ACOK|40}}
  
*During a [[finger dance]] with [[Qarl the Maid]] one of [[Eldred Codd]]'s fingers lands in [[Ralf the Limper]]'s wine cup.{{Ref|affc|18}}
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===Miscellaneous===
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Other wines found in the known world are firewine,{{ref|agot|54}} pepperwine,{{ref|agot|54}} [[w:blackberry|blackberry]] wine, which is sweet and very cloying,{{Ref|ADWD|5}} honeyed wine,[[w:Persimmon|persimmon]] wine from [[Slaver's Bay]]{{Ref|aSoS|27}} and [[smokeberry]] browns.{{ref|AGOT|54}}{{Ref|ADWD|5}}
  
*During [[Victarion Greyjoy]]'s feast [[Asha Greyjoy]] helps herself unasked to [[Nute|Nute the Barber's]] wine. Nute raises no objection; he had passed out drunk some time ago.{{Ref|affc|18}}
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==History==
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During the [[Dance of the Dragons]], the [[Caltrops]] intended to murder [[Ulf the White]] by poisoning his wine. When Ulf became suspicious of Ser [[Hobert Hightower]], Hightower agreed to drink from the same wine as Ulf. Both died from the poisoned wine.{{ref|TPATQ}}
  
*[[Sandor Clegane]] tells [[Sansa Stark]] that all a man needs is a flagon of sour red, dark as blood. Or a woman.{{fact}}
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==Recent Events==
 
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===''A Game of Thrones''===
*[[Elder Brother]] tells [[Brienne Tarth]] that his life was writ in red, in blood and wine – until he died in the [[Battle of the Trident]].{{fact}}
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[[File:Ours-is-the-fury-art.jpg|King [[Robert Baratheon]] in his cups - © FFG|thumb|350px|right]]
 
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Lord [[Jon Arryn]], [[Hand of the King]], is murdered by his own wife, Lady [[Lysa Tully]], who poisoned Jon's wine with the [[Tears of Lys]].{{Ref|AGOT|2}}{{Ref|ASOS|80}}
*[[Elder Brother]] told [[Brienne Tarth]] that [[Sandor Clegane]] drank to drown his pain in a sea of wine.{{Ref|aFfC|31}}
 
 
 
*Small, tart grapes grow in the summer arbor on the [[Quiet Isle]], from which the Brothers make a drinkable wine.{{Ref|aFfC|31}}.
 
 
 
*At the [[Wall]] the [[Night's Watch|black brothers]] drink hot mulled wine, spiced with cloves and nutmeg.{{Ref|ADWD|49}}
 
 
 
*Lord [[Torghen Flint]] journeys to the [[Wall]] to attend the wedding of [[Alys Karstark]] and [[Sigorn]], the [[Magnar]] of [[Thenn]], and enjoys the southern wine at the feast.{{fact}}
 
 
 
*[[Wun Weg Wun Dar Wun]] takes a gigantic liking to wine after first tasting it at [[Castle Black]].{{fact}}
 
 
 
* [[Nymeria Sand]]'s lips are wine-red.{{Ref|ADWD|38}}
 
 
 
*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.  {{ref|aCoK|40}}
 
 
 
*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. {{Ref|aDwD|5}}
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Ser [[Jorah Mormont]] saves Princess [[Daenerys Targaryen]] from an attempted poisoning, by stopping her from drinking poisoneous wine.{{Ref|AGOT|54}}
  
*While journeying in [[Illyrio Mopatis]]'s litter Tyrion drinks blackberry wine so sweet that it draws more flies then honey does.
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King [[Robert I Baratheon]] is mortally wounded by fighting a boar in the [[Kingswood]],{{Ref|AGOT|47}} after he had drunken fortified wine, which was three times as strong as usual.{{ref|acok|3}}
  
*Prince [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|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.{{Ref|aDwD|22}}
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===''A Clash of Kings''===
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In order to temporarily eliminate his sister, [[Cersei Lannister]], for a few days, [[Tyrion Lannister]] eventually resorts to poisoning her wine.{{Ref|acok|25}}
  
* 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.”'' {{Ref|aDwD|22}}
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[[Daenerys Targaryen]] visits the [[Pureborn]] of [[Qarth]]. While the Pureborn are notorious for offering poisoned wine to those they consider dangerous, she is not even offered a cup of water.{{Ref|aCoK|40}}
  
*[[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]].
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===''A Storm of Swords''===
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King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]] is killed at his own [[Purple Wedding|wedding feast]] by drinking poisoned wine.{{Ref|ASOS|60}}{{Ref|asos|61}} His uncle, [[Tyrion Lannister]], is arrested for the crime.{{Ref|ASOS|60}}{{Ref|ASOS|66}}
  
*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.
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===''A Dance with Dragons''===
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When travelling towards [[Meereen]] in secret, Prince [[Quentyn Martell]] and his companions, [[Gerris Drinkwater]] and [[Archibald Yronwood]] pretend to be merchants, looking to sell their Dornish wine.{{Ref|ADWD|6}}
  
*[[Xaro Xhoan Daxos]] tries to entreat [[Daenerys Targaryen]] to journey around [[Yi Ti]] to search for the dreaming city of poets, to sip the wine of wisdom from a dead man’s skull.
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The [[giant]] [[Wun Weg Wun Dar Wun]] takes a gigantic liking to wine when permanently coming south of the [[Wall]], after first tasting it at [[Castle Black]].{{fact}}
  
*After her visit to the [[Pureborn]] in the [[Hall of a Thousand Thrones]], [[Daenerys Targaryen]] and [[Xaro Xhoan Daxos]] drink ruby red-wine from matching goblets of jade and gold. The wine tastes of pomegranates and hot summer days.
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During his journey through [[Essos]], [[Tyrion Lannister]] learns that Lord [[Varys]] swapped Prince [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Aegon Targaryen]] with an infant whose features resembled Aegon close enough, preventing Aegon from being killed during the [[Sack of King's Landing]] during [[Robert's Rebellion]]. According to Prince Aegon, Lord Varys had purchased the child who had died in his stead by trading him for a jug of Arbor gold.{{Ref|aDwD|22}}
 
 
*The [[Pureborn]] are notorious for offering poisoned wine to those they consider dangerous{{Ref|aCoK|40}}
 
 
 
*In [[Astapor]], while attempting to buy [[Unsullied]], [[Daenerys Targaryen]] sits in her [[Qartheen gown]] sipping tart persimmon wine from a tall silver flute trying to keep her face blank and ignorant while the [[Good Masters]] confer amongst themselves in low voices.{{Ref|aSoS|27}}
 
 
 
*Wine from [[Slaver's Bay]] is thin and pale.
 
 
 
*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.{{Ref|aDwD|2}}
 
 
 
*[[Hizdahr zo Loraq]] develops a taste for Arbor gold and sweet reds.
 
 
 
*[[Bloodbeard]] has a prodigious appetite for wine.
 
  
 
==Winesinks, Taverns, and Inns==
 
==Winesinks, Taverns, and Inns==
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*[[Inn at the crossroads]] in Westeros
 
*[[Inn at the crossroads]] in Westeros
 
*[[Inn of the Kneeling Man]] in the [[Riverlands]]
 
*[[Inn of the Kneeling Man]] in the [[Riverlands]]
*[[Lazy Eel]] in [[White Harbor]]
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*[[Lazy Eel]] in [[White Harbor]], renowned for offering the vilest wine in the city.{{fact}}
 
*[[Old inn on Eel Alley]] in [[King's Landing]]
 
*[[Old inn on Eel Alley]] in [[King's Landing]]
 
*[[Old Stone Bridge]] in the [[Crownlands]]
 
*[[Old Stone Bridge]] in the [[Crownlands]]
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{{Quote|Japes are one way to keep the fear away. Wine's another.<ref>''[[The Winds of Winter]]'', Tyrion II</ref>}} – [[Tyrion Lannister]], to [[Penny]]
 
{{Quote|Japes are one way to keep the fear away. Wine's another.<ref>''[[The Winds of Winter]]'', Tyrion II</ref>}} – [[Tyrion Lannister]], to [[Penny]]
  
== External Links ==
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==External Links==
 
 
 
[http://www.lastwordonnothing.com/2012/12/10/guest-post-the-wine-grapes-of-westeros/ The Wine Grapes of Westeros]
 
[http://www.lastwordonnothing.com/2012/12/10/guest-post-the-wine-grapes-of-westeros/ The Wine Grapes of Westeros]
 
==References and Notes==
 
==References and Notes==

Revision as of 21:52, 10 August 2016

Wine is an alcoholic beverage, which is made from fermented fruit juice,[1][2] usually grapes. Wine is a very popular beverage amonsgt the nobility. Many different and unique vintages can be found in the Known World, with some vintages being vastly superior to others.

About

Wine is very popular amongst the nobility, whereas the smallfolk prefer beer or ale. Wine is kept in casks and served in flagons. It can be watered down when preferable,[3][4][5][6] e.g. when served to children.[7]

Wine is also used in healthcare. Boiling wine can be used to disinfect wounds prior to binding them up, either bey pouring it directly into the wound,[8] or by using silks drenched in boiling wine.[9]

Claw Isle's castle is reputedly stocked with more wines that a man could drink in a hundred years.[10] The manse of Pentoshi magister Illyrio Mopatis contains a cellar with enough wine to keep a man drunk for a hundred years.[11]

Known Vintages

Westeros

King Robert Baratheon's wine cellar - © FFG

In Westeros, most of the wines are produced in the south. The Arbor is famed for its wines.[12] The Arbor produces both sweet[13] and dry red wines,[2] as well as white wines, the most well-known of which is also called "Arbor gold".[14][15][16][11][17] The private stock of Lord Runceford Redwyne, Lord of the Arbor, contains strongwine which had a dark purple colour, and which is languorous and heady on the tongue.[11] Other places in the Reach produce wines as well. Highgarden produces hippocras,[18] and sweet reds are produced elsewhere as well.[11] The Dornish, however, might refer to red wines from the Arbor as "red water".[19] The Dornish produce their own wines, often called "Dornish reds".[11] Dornish wines are generally sour,[20] though they occasionally can be more rich of taste.[21][2][8] Strongwines from Dorne are as dark as blood, with a sweet taste.[22] At least circa 211 AC, Lord Ambrose Butterwell was said to have the best wines north of the Arbor.[9] On Quiet Isle in the riverlands, small, tart grapes grow from which the brothers of the Quiet Isle make drinkable wines.[5]

At the Wall, the brothers of the Night's Watch drink hot mulled wine, spiced with cloves and nutmeg.[23]

Essos

Many of the cities found across the narrow sea produce their own brands of wine. Amongst the Free Cities, sweet red wines are produced in Lys and Volantis.[2] Lys also produces white wines, whereas the Tyroshi produce pear brandy.[2] The nectars of Myr are pale green,[2][11] though they also produce firewines which can be used to aid digestion.[24] The wines of Selhorys are pale green as well,[17], while the Pentoshi produce pale ambers.[11] Andalish wines taste sour.[2]


The wine from Slaver's Bay is thin and pale.[25] Ghiscari wine is made with small, pale, yellow grapes,[6] and is widely considered to be an inferior vintage,[6][26] which leavse a metallic aftertaste.[6] Other wines, like apricot wine can be important.[27]

The Unsullied from Astapor drink the Wine of Courage, which numbs them.[28]

Further east, other wines can be found. In Qarth, dreamwine is flavored with strange spices.[25] The warlocks of Qarth drink the shade of the evening, a thick, blue wine made from inky blue leaves found near the House of the Undying.[29] While at first this wine tastes terrible,[29][30] it becomes better the more a person drinks.[29] If enough shade of the evening is consumed, the drinker's lips turn blue as well.[31][32]

Unknown vintages can be found in Yi Ti and Asshai.[11] From the Jade Sea come golden vintages, which is said to taste so fine that all other wines taste like vinegar.[33]

Miscellaneous

Other wines found in the known world are firewine,[2] pepperwine,[2] blackberry wine, which is sweet and very cloying,[24] honeyed wine,persimmon wine from Slaver's Bay[34] and smokeberry browns.[2][24]

History

During the Dance of the Dragons, the Caltrops intended to murder Ulf the White by poisoning his wine. When Ulf became suspicious of Ser Hobert Hightower, Hightower agreed to drink from the same wine as Ulf. Both died from the poisoned wine.[35]

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

King Robert Baratheon in his cups - © FFG

Lord Jon Arryn, Hand of the King, is murdered by his own wife, Lady Lysa Tully, who poisoned Jon's wine with the Tears of Lys.[36][37]

Ser Jorah Mormont saves Princess Daenerys Targaryen from an attempted poisoning, by stopping her from drinking poisoneous wine.[2]

King Robert I Baratheon is mortally wounded by fighting a boar in the Kingswood,[38] after he had drunken fortified wine, which was three times as strong as usual.[39]

A Clash of Kings

In order to temporarily eliminate his sister, Cersei Lannister, for a few days, Tyrion Lannister eventually resorts to poisoning her wine.[13]

Daenerys Targaryen visits the Pureborn of Qarth. While the Pureborn are notorious for offering poisoned wine to those they consider dangerous, she is not even offered a cup of water.[33]

A Storm of Swords

King Joffrey I Baratheon is killed at his own wedding feast by drinking poisoned wine.[40][41] His uncle, Tyrion Lannister, is arrested for the crime.[40][19]

A Dance with Dragons

When travelling towards Meereen in secret, Prince Quentyn Martell and his companions, Gerris Drinkwater and Archibald Yronwood pretend to be merchants, looking to sell their Dornish wine.[26]

The giant Wun Weg Wun Dar Wun takes a gigantic liking to wine when permanently coming south of the Wall, after first tasting it at Castle Black.[citation needed]

During his journey through Essos, Tyrion Lannister learns that Lord Varys swapped Prince Aegon Targaryen with an infant whose features resembled Aegon close enough, preventing Aegon from being killed during the Sack of King's Landing during Robert's Rebellion. According to Prince Aegon, Lord Varys had purchased the child who had died in his stead by trading him for a jug of Arbor gold.[17]

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.[11]

Tyrion Lannister


... there were always dangers when men were in their cups, and a king should never be unguarded...[42]

- Catelyn Stark


I mean to sail to Westeros and drink the wine of vengeance from the skull of the Usurper.[33]

- Daenerys Targaryen


You see the wonders than can be worked with lies and Arbor gold?[43]

- Lord Petyr Baelish, to Sansa Stark


Japes are one way to keep the fear away. Wine's another.[44]

Tyrion Lannister, to Penny

External Links

The Wine Grapes of Westeros

References and Notes

  1. A Clash of Kings, Chapter 60, Sansa VI.
  2. 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 54, Daenerys VI.
  3. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 75, Samwell IV.
  4. A Feast for Crows, Chapter 9, Brienne II.
  5. 5.0 5.1 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 13, The Soiled Knight.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 2, Daenerys I.
  7. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 29, Arya V.
  8. 8.0 8.1 The Hedge Knight.
  9. 9.0 9.1 The Mystery Knight.
  10. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 36, Davos IV.
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 11.7 11.8 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 1, Tyrion I.
  12. The World of Ice & Fire, The Reach.
  13. 13.0 13.1 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 25, Tyrion VI.
  14. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 19, Tyrion III.
  15. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 28, Sansa III.
  16. A Feast for Crows, Prologue.
  17. 17.0 17.1 17.2 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 22, Tyrion VI.
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  19. 19.0 19.1 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 66, Tyrion IX.
  20. A Feast for Crows, Chapter 17, Cersei IV.
  21. A Clash of Kings, Chapter 8, Tyrion II.
  22. A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 38, The Watcher.
  23. A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 49, Jon X.
  24. 24.0 24.1 24.2 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 5, Tyrion II.
  25. 25.0 25.1 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 50, Daenerys VIII.
  26. 26.0 26.1 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 6, The Merchant's Man.
  27. A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 23, Daenerys IV.
  28. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 23, Daenerys II.
  29. 29.0 29.1 29.2 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 48, Daenerys IV.
  30. A Clash of Kings, Chapter 29, Tyrion VII.
  31. A Clash of Kings, Chapter 27, Daenerys II.
  32. A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 16, Daenerys III.
  33. 33.0 33.1 33.2 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 40, Daenerys III.
  34. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 27, Daenerys III.
  35. The Princess and the Queen.
  36. A Game of Thrones, Chapter 2, Catelyn I.
  37. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 80, Sansa VII.
  38. A Game of Thrones, Chapter 47, Eddard XIII.
  39. A Clash of Kings, Chapter 3, Tyrion I.
  40. 40.0 40.1 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 60, Tyrion VIII.
  41. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 61, Sansa V.
  42. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 40, Bran III.
  43. A Feast for Crows, Chapter 10, Sansa I.
  44. The Winds of Winter, Tyrion II