Saved from prohibition by holy wine

Giovanni Morelli highlights the role played by the Catholic Church in resuscitating the production of red wine following prohibition in Austria, and again in Ribera del Duero, Spain, where the Benedictine monks from Cluny imported vines. ‘One of the disadvantages of wine is that it makes a man mistake words for thoughts’. Samuel Johnson — Poet, essayist, moralist (pictured) By now you will all have given up any pretence at New Year’s resolutions. I certainly have. When I rule the world (never, I hear you say) I will do away with the month of February. It was added, along with…