stackyFACTSWhile modern sommeliers would aggressively faint at the idea of watering down a vintage red, historical elites considered drinking pure wine absolute savagery. They routinely diluted it with seawater or spices, firmly believing that only complete uncultured brutes would dare drink alcohol at full strength.
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