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...Chinese proverb says that wine should be taken in small doses, knowledge in large ones. Rome's International Wine Academy, overlooking the Spanish Steps, affords an opportunity for both. Italian winemaking has enjoyed a renaissance in recent years, and the academy reveals its secrets to students. Comprehensive courses on wines from around the world and food-wine pairing are among the events and seminars offered to people who live in Rome. For visitors, there are half-day intensive courses followed by lunch or dinner; one-day winery tours in Lazio, Umbria or Tuscany; and delightful guided wine tastings every weekday...
...Cologne: The Haxenhaus Authenticty is prized at Cologne's Haxenhaus. Dishes served at its regular luoderei (or lavish feasts) are based on extensively researched medieval menus and recipes. Diners can expect hearty fare, such as blood sausage, dumplings and pork leg, all eaten (naturally) with the fingers. Including wine, beer or soft drinks, the meal will set you back $81 per person...
...This debt ranged from knowledge of wine making to polo and Buddhism but was often paid back in kind. China sent silk, paper, porcelain and gunpowder along the Silk Road. In exchange, astrological findings from its western reaches deepened China's knowledge of the heavens. The principal trade routes lay between 30 and 40 degrees latitude, ensuring that Silk Road kingdoms from the Mediterranean to China saw the same stars and could benefit from shared observations. Manuscripts depicting the movements of the Moon and planets found in Arabic and Indian astronomy, which had been shaped by the discoveries of Babylon...
...that night that an audience had a feel to it," he said of this first speech, "[and] that audience and I were together. When I came to actually presenting the motion ... there was no need for parliamentary procedure. They came to their feet with a roar ... It was heady wine...
Jonathan D. Chase ’77—Chase’s brother and a self-taught chef of Deer Isle, Maine—disagrees. He says his sister’s “passion for wine, food and everything that goes with it has not diminished” since the birth...