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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.   
*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.  
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* [[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 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.
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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.
 
*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:

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

Tyrion Lannister