Ulysses, James Joyce's novel is set in Dublin on June 16th, 1904
In chapter eight, Leopold Bloom’s lunch, was a Gorgonzola sandwich and a glass of red burgundy at Davy Byrne’s pub in Duke Street
‘Mr Bloom ate his strips of sandwich, fresh clean bread, with relish of disgust, pungent mustard, the feety savour of green cheese. Sips of his wine soothed his palate. Not logwood that. Tastes fuller this weather with the chill off.’
The reference to logwood refers to the colour of the Burgundy wine and is the equivalent to the modern use of the word plonk.The hard, brownish-red wood of this tropical tree yields a dye used in dyeing fabrics. In 1904 the alleged use of this dye to colour spurious or adulterated wine was frequent, and so the usage of the term logwood to describe dodgy wine came into the vocabulary of that time.
Evelyn
The Vintry
CONSUME AND ENJOY IN MODERATION
http://wowireland.blogspot.com
CELLARS,NAAS ROAD:DEVENEYS, DUNDRUM:JUS DE VINE, PORTMARNOCK:THE VINTRY,RATHGAR
No comments:
Post a Comment