Battle of the Wines
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The Battle of the Wines (fr. La Bataille des Vins), sometimes called "The Battle of the Blends" was a notable poem written by Henry d'Andeli in 1224 and tells the story of a famous wine tasting organized by the French king Philip Augustus. Over 70 samples from across Europe were tasted and judged by an English priest. The priest classified the wines he tasted as either Celebrated for those which pleased him or Excommunicated for those that did not meet his standards. In the end a sweet wine from Cyprus (widely believed to be Commandaria [1]) won the overall tasting. [2]
[edit] Celebrated Wines
- From France
- Laon
- Clermont
- Crouy
- Soissons
- Montmorency
- Hautvillers
- Epernay
- Argenteuil
- Deuil
- Pierrefitte
- Marly
- Trilbardou
- Sézanne
- Saint-Yon
- Samois
- Orléans
- Jargeau
- Tonnerre
- Auxerre
- Chablis
- Saint-Bris
- Vermenton
- Orchaise
- Vézelay
- Montrichard
- Lassay
- Sancerre
- Savigny
- Beaune
- Nevers
- Issoudun
- Châteauroux
- Buzançais
- Poitiers
- Chauvigny
- Saint-Pourçain
- La Rochelle
- Montmorillon
- Saint-Jean-d'Angély
- Taillebourg
- Saintes
- Angoulême
- Saint-Émilion
- Bordeaux
- Moissac
- Montpellier
- Béziers
- Carcassonne
- Narbonne
[edit] Excommunicated Wines
- From France
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ BBC article - Wine, the Last 1,000 Years [1]
- ^ Hugh Johnson, Vintage: The Story of Wine pg 122. Simon and Schuster 1989
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