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*The[[ Arbor]] is known for making the best wine in Westeros. | *The[[ Arbor]] is known for making the best wine in Westeros. | ||
− | * | + | * [[Illyrio Mopatis]] claims that the child who was swapped with Prince [[Aegon Targaryen]] was sold to Lord [[Varys]] for a jug of Arbor gold. The babe’s father had other sons but had never tasted [[Arbor]] gold. |
*Wine from [[Slaver's Bay]] is thin and pale. | *Wine from [[Slaver's Bay]] is thin and pale. | ||
*Wine is often stored in skins and casks. | *Wine is often stored in skins and casks. | ||
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*Boiling wine is sometimes poured into wounds to disinfect them. | *Boiling wine is sometimes poured into wounds to disinfect them. | ||
*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, talking silently to herself. | *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, talking silently to herself. | ||
− | *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 | + | *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]]. | *[[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]]. |
Revision as of 16:29, 7 May 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:
- Arbor gold
- Strongwine
- sweet reds from the Reach
- sour reds from Dorne
- strongwine from Dorne: as dark as blood and as sweet as vengence
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)
- dreamwine, flavoured with strange spices: from Qarth
- apricot wine
- Selhorys pale green wine
- Wine of Courage: drunk exclusively by Unsullied
- Lys makes a red wine and a white wine.
References in the books
A Song of Ice and Fire
- TheArbor is known for making the best wine in Westeros.
- Illyrio Mopatis claims that the child who was swapped with Prince Aegon Targaryen was sold to Lord Varys for a jug of Arbor gold. The babe’s father had other sons but had never tasted Arbor gold.
- Wine from Slaver's Bay is thin and pale.
- 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 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, talking silently to herself.
- 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.
- Bloodbeard has a prodigious appetite for wine.
- 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