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*During his brief stay at [[Illyrio Mopatis]]’s mance in Pentos [[Tyrion]] notes that there is enough wine in the mance 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 the present Lord of the [[Arbor]] - the taste of it is languorous and heady on the tongue, the colour purple so dark it looks almost black in the dim-lit cellar. | *During his brief stay at [[Illyrio Mopatis]]’s mance in Pentos [[Tyrion]] notes that there is enough wine in the mance 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 the present Lord of the [[Arbor]] - the taste of it is languorous and heady on the tongue, the colour purple so dark it looks almost black in the dim-lit cellar. | ||
*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. | *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. | ||
+ | *[[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]]. | ||
*At the [[Wall]] the black brothers drink hot mulled wine, spiced with cloves and nutmeg. | *At the [[Wall]] the black brothers drink hot mulled wine, spiced with cloves and nutmeg. | ||
*[[Wun Weg Wun Dar Wun]] takes a gigantic liking to wine after first tasting it at [[Castle Black]]. | *[[Wun Weg Wun Dar Wun]] takes a gigantic liking to wine after first tasting it at [[Castle Black]]. |
Revision as of 20:06, 22 April 2012
Wine is comparable to real life wine. It is an alcoholic beverage made with fermented fruit juice, mainly from grapes. Wine is a very popular beverage. There are many vintages of wine in Westeros and beyond. Some vintages are vastly superior to others.
Vintages of wine
Westeros:
Essos and beyond:
- pale Pentoshi ambers
- the green nectar of Myr
- Myrish firewine
- Ghiscari wine: made with small yellow grapes, inferior vintage, leaves a metallic aftertaste
- Volantene wine: sweet
- spice wine
- wine of the warlocks (shade of the evening)
- apricot wine
- Selhorys pale green wine
- Wine of Courage: drunk exclusively by Unsullied
References in the books
A Song of Ice and Fire
- TheArbor is known for making the best wine in Westeros.
- Wine is often stored in skins and casks.
- It is sometimes watered down, for children or at certain times of day.
- Boiling wine is sometimes poured into wounds to disinfect them.
- During his brief stay at Illyrio Mopatis’s mance in Pentos Tyrion notes that there is enough wine in the mance 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 the present Lord of the Arbor - the taste of it is languorous and heady on the tongue, the colour purple so dark it looks almost black in the dim-lit cellar.
- 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.
- 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.
- At the Wall the black brothers drink hot mulled wine, spiced with cloves and nutmeg.
- Wun Weg Wun Dar Wun takes a gigantic liking to wine after first tasting it at Castle Black.
Quotes
The world is full of wine