Falernian

In ­addition to charting how our passion for wine has influenced the ebb and flow of civilizations, the book is packed with esoterica, including the taste and price of Falernian red in ancient Pompeii and the menus of Parisian restaurants during the Franco-Prussian war (roast cat garlanded with rats, served with Bollinger champagne). ­

Books on Drinking Iain Gately 2009

“I brought a skin of watered wine, that Falernian you like.”

Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007

Falernian under his eyes, and when they spilled a great deal of it in their brawling, Trimalchio declared they were pouring a libation to his Genius.

Satyricon 2007

“I brought a skin of watered wine, that Falernian you like.”

Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007

Minister wet to lee, pour the Falernian and gear me chalices, ah by bitterest, the law's Postumia, you bet magistral, eh breezy kin a grape-loving breeziness.

languagehat.com: ZUKOFSKY EUSKARAZ. 2004

I had my victories in the arena, but they were bitter, and that moment was so sweet it went to my head like a jar of the best Falernian wine.

Asimov's Science Fiction 2004

“If I am to take more of the severe Falernian,” said he, laying his hand on the decanter of port,

The Small House at Allington 2004

A word or two she said or sung about the flowing bowl, and once she called for Falernian; but beyond this her converse was chiefly of the rights of man and the weakness of women; of the iron ages that were past, and of the golden time that was to come.

Tales of all countries 2004

Mrs. Mackinnon made useless little signs to her husband, really fearing that the Falernian would do its good offices too thoroughly.

Tales of all countries 2004

We'll probably catch up to Robert there and I heard they had a cask of Falernian ...

Ripping Time Asprin, Robert 2000