Back in April, I blogged Wine on the Roman World.
Now, Ancient Classical History points us to an article in About.com's Senior Travel:
Ancient Roman Wines in France - - A Fountain of Youth in a Bottle?
Not far from Nimes, ancient Latin recipes are turned to surprising wines
The ancient Romans believed Mulsum, a deep red wine with notes of cinnamon, pepper and thyme, increased potency and maintained youth, put hair on the chest, so to speak. I hope not because I rather liked it when I tasted it recently in the South of France and hairy chests are not much of a look for a woman…
mulsum ī, n honey-wine, mead, wine mixed with honey: (venenum) cum daretur in mulso: frigidum. (Lewis & Short)
“Schlangenfadenglas” (serpent threads) decanter from Cologne, Germany
