Tarascoe Mezcal

Tarascoe Mezcal

Tarascoe Mezcal In 1891 anthropologist John G. Bourke visited the Tarascoe people at Lake Patzcuaro in Mexico. He traveled to the see the famous coffee plantations of Uruapan, and to visit the ruins of a Franciscan School build in 1581 by Spanish conquerers. On his...
Dutch Courage

Dutch Courage

Dutch Courage The term “Dutch Courage” is used to describe courage that is gained from drinking alcohol. Franciscus Sylvius de Bouve (1614–1672), a Dutch chemist and alchemist, is often named as the “father of Genever”. Modern research though...
Great Heidelberger Tun

Great Heidelberger Tun

Great Heidelberger Tun The battle for the largest wooden barrel waged over the centuries between Germany’s Electors in a costly power struggle. In 1591, Johann Casimir commissioned the first of four “large barrels” for Heidelberg Castle. Followed by...
The Jahrtausendwein 1540

The Jahrtausendwein 1540

The Jahrtausendwein 1540 The “Jahrtausendwein” is a “once-in-a-millennium” vintage wine, a very valuable Riesling wine from the Würzburger Stein vineyard, Würzburg, Germany of 1540. The year of 1540 is mostly known for its desastrous drought in...
The Schwedenfass

The Schwedenfass

The Schwedenfass The so-called Swedish barrel, the “Schwedenfass”, is a wine barrel in the State Court Cellar in Würzburg, which is located below the Würzburg Residence. The “Schwedenfass”  was created to host the  famous...