tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-605157142783588112.post4289978434045433605..comments2024-01-03T00:52:19.030-08:00Comments on Les Leftovers: Early Medieval French wine chezjimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13552197985756973087noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-605157142783588112.post-68392923037405180332021-12-19T09:17:29.810-08:002021-12-19T09:17:29.810-08:00Excellent article (though I believe this is just o...Excellent article (though I believe this is just one of several finds).<br /><br />You might be interested in my Facebook group on early medieval food:<br /><br />Medieval Food before the Crusades<br />https://www.facebook.com/groups/1606317516269587chezjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13552197985756973087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-605157142783588112.post-24939155766971044582021-12-19T02:49:39.439-08:002021-12-19T02:49:39.439-08:00Jim, thank you for your kind reply -- it is intere...Jim, thank you for your kind reply -- it is interesting (this is all far out of my expertise). I actually stumbled across your site as I was curious about the truth of / reasons why they drank young wine in the Middle Ages. You cleared that up for me nicely!<br /><br />In case you are interested, I did hunt down the source for where barrels have been found:<br /><br />https://Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09706286347311225900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-605157142783588112.post-25115855240409307242021-12-18T09:19:37.664-08:002021-12-18T09:19:37.664-08:00Hi Sean -
Thank you first of all for scrupulously ...Hi Sean -<br />Thank you first of all for scrupulously documenting your response.<br /><br />The Gauls were both north of the Alps ("Transalpine Gauls") and on the same side as the Romans ("Cisalpine Gauls" the prefix 'cis' now being better known in opposition to 'trans'). So just knowing these were Gauls does not tell us which are in question. But Strabo chezjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13552197985756973087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-605157142783588112.post-53563256023294515302021-12-18T07:30:28.422-08:002021-12-18T07:30:28.422-08:00Hi Jim,
Re. the barrels: Pliny (A.D. 75 or so) sai...Hi Jim,<br />Re. the barrels: Pliny (A.D. 75 or so) said they came from the Gauls in the Alps. It seems that wine barrels have not been found south of Marseilles or so in Roman times (I don't have the source with me).<br /><br />http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0137%3Abook%3D14%3Achapter%3D27Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09706286347311225900noreply@blogger.com