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Denise R wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE><tt>Please, someone translate?</tt></blockquote>
I will take this opportunity to also answer a question from a previous
post.
<p>1. Malmsey. A rich, sweet, aromatic wine, originally produced in cyprus,
but now also in Spain, Italy, Madeira, and elsewhere, from the malvasia
grape. Famous these days largely because Shakespeare chose a vat of malmsey
as the vehicle by which the Duke of Clarence was murdered by drowning in
"Richard III" (prompting one of my favorite cartoons, depicting two men
in Elizabethan dress standing by a barrel marked "malmsey," with one saying
to the other, "Very full-bodied."
<p>2. Porter. A weak stout, rich in saccharine matter;--originally a mixture
of ale and stout. Sometimes confused by people like me who don't drink
a lot with Port--A fortified wine of rich taste and aroma, usually dark
red.
<p>--Amanda, now *certain* she's related to Professor Binns.</html>