Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Pacific Vortex: A quart of muscatel and more

pg 77

A quart of muscatel was all that was missing
The Muscat variety of grapes of the species Vitis vinifera is widely grown for wine, raisins and table grapes. Their color ranges from white to near black. Muscat almost always has a pronounced sweet floral aroma. Muscat grapes are grown around the world. The breadth and number of varieties of muscat suggest that it is perhaps the oldest domesticated grape variety, and there are theories that most families within the Vitis vinifera grape variety are descended from the Muscat variety.

The muscatel enjoyed by winos would seem to be a sweet wine.

She was an old ship with a straight up and down bow

He stared at the dim white lettering just below the fantail

The fan tail is the aft end of the ship, also known as the Poop Deck. Below that, is a type of border running around the deck, on which the name of a ship is painted.

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