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<i>Some of you may know that one of my pet peeves was that I was taught that<br>
the reason that wine was watered down in talmudic times was because wine<br>
was much stronger back in the day</i></div>
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In my Latin lessons at school we learned exactly the same about Roman wines, that it had to be diluted to be potable. It was just a given in the texts we were learning. </div>
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That was not in any Jewish context at all. </div>
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I have no insight into the science of winemaking past and present. But the historical sources seem consistent. </div>
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