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  2. Hock (wine) - Wikipedia

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    Over the years, hock-shaped bottles have come to signify sweet, cheap wine in general. [2] The term seems to have been in use in the 17th century, initially for white wines (predominantly Riesling) from the Rheingau, but in the 18th century it came to be used for any German white wine sold in Britain, to convey some of the then very high ...

  3. Glass onion - Wikipedia

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    This shape gradually evolved to be stouter with a broad base and short neck by the end of the 17th century, then became elongated during the onset of the 18th century. Onion bottles were dark green or brown from iron oxide found within the sand used to make them. The color was further darkened by the coal used to heat the furnaces, leaving the ...

  4. Liebfraumilch - Wikipedia

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    Liebfrauenkirche in Worms with surrounding grapevines Müller-Thurgau is often used in the production of Liebfraumilch.. Liebfraumilch or Liebfrauenmilch (German for 'Our Lady's Milk', in reference to the Virgin Mary) is a style of semi-sweet white German wine which may be produced, mostly for export, in the regions Rheinhessen, Palatinate, Rheingau, and Nahe.

  5. Sealed bottles - Wikipedia

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    Collectors of bottles sometimes refer to them as Applied seals, Blob seals or Prunt seals. Up until the 17th century bottles would have been made of pottery or leather but by the middle of the century a 'new' black/dark green glass wine bottle came into general use. Early glass bottles were squat, broad and rounded sometimes referred to as ...

  6. English delftware - Wikipedia

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    English delftware pottery and its painted decoration is similar in many respects to that from Holland, but its peculiarly English quality has been commented upon: "... there is a relaxed tone and a sprightliness which is preserved throughout the history of English delftware; the overriding mood is provincial and naïve rather than urbane and sophisticated."

  7. Antimonial cup - Wikipedia

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    An antimonial cup was a small half-pint mug or cup cast in antimony popular in Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries. They were also known under the names "pocula emetica," "calices vomitorii," or "emetic cups", as wine that was kept in one for a 24‑hour period gained an emetic or laxative quality.

  8. Bocksbeutel - Wikipedia

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    Bocksbeutel. The Bocksbeutel (German: [ˈbɔksˌbɔɪ̯tl̩] ⓘ) is a type of wine bottle with the form of a flattened ellipsoid.It is commonly used for wines from Franconia in Germany, but is also used for some Portuguese wines, in particular rosés, where the bottle is called cantil, and in rare cases for Italian wine (in this case called pulcianella) and Greek wine.

  9. Worshipful Company of Vintners - Wikipedia

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    The Worshipful Company of Vintners, one of the Great Twelve City Livery Companies, retains close links with the wine trade. The Vintners' Company traces its origins to the 12th century and received its swan rights from King Edward IV. Its motto is Vinum Exhilarat Animum, Latin for "Wine cheers the Spirit". [1]

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