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...past. Comfort will be derived, too, from the sparkle and rest radiating from every word of a man who had reached the age of 74 on a constant diet of fine liquor and rich food, and who, in retrospect, regretted nothing save the bad wines he had drunk. "Sparkling Lacrima Cristi. . . suggested ginger beer alternately stirred up with a stick of chocolate and a large sulphur match." George Saintsbury's "Notes on a Cellar Book" suggests fine old port, beautiful and savory in its cut-glass goblet, warming and exhilarating in its proper home...

Author: By T. R. O. c., | Title: The CRIMSON BOOKSHELF | 2/17/1934 | See Source »

...large, immaculate wooden house, with a severe square courtyard opening directly off a public street. The house was full of crisp, sweet-scented Dutch flowers, primly arranged in tall vases. There was drink to match the national taste of every guest: French champagne, German hock. British whisky, Italian lacrima christi, Japanese sake, also water and long black cigars from Dutch Sumatra...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Hague Haggle | 9/2/1929 | See Source »

...already brought a tun of Piedmont's ruddy Barolos. Sicilians promised 1,000 bottles of tawny Moscato. Tuscany pledged 1,000 of Chianti. Umbria planned a gift of pale Orvieto Secco, most delicate of Italian wines. On the slopes of Vesuvius, Neapolitans prepared 1,000 of Lacrima Christi, Tear of Christ, for Peter's Cellar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PAPAL STATE: Peter's Cellar | 5/27/1929 | See Source »

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