How does modern mid priced wine compare to the wine drunk by ancient kings and caesars?

by Blubbablubba

Would they think our everyday quality wine is better? Would we think their best wine was better than our best wine?

oneelectricsheep

Ancient wine is apparently pretty unpalatable by modern standards. I can't imagine drinking wine with resin, marble dust or burnt grape seeds or other ingredients that were meant to keep wine from spoiling. Nor can I see seawater as a pleasant mixer. Now as for them who could say. My grandad drank stuff that tasted like herbal kerosene to me but he grew up on it and loved it.

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