The world of wine in sips
Text: Antonio Egido

Our weekly collaborations often end with a toast of quality wine, a toast for which I've never dared to use one of those phrases offered by search engines, which are possibly the ones that contain the best words to make a memorable impression when clinking glasses.

Therefore, today we investigate more about the toast, starting at 'francoespanolas.com' which delve into its origin with these words: 'The origin of the act of toasting is so ancient that it is difficult to find documentary evidence that refers us to its origin rigorously. In this sense, the mythology of Ancient Greece is a strong inexhaustible source of creativity when explaining any situation of daily life in the most varied way. According to this, Dionysus, the Greek god of the grape harvest and wine, invited on one occasion thegods of Olympus and the senses (taste, smell, sight, touch and hearing) to a banquet. At this banquet a wine was served that delighted the attendees, in particular the senses of taste, smell, sight and touch, who were immediately seduced by the pleasures of the wine. However, the sense of hearing seemed to feel a little sullen at the impossibility of enjoying as much as the rest of the senses. To remedy this, Dionysus proposed to establish the custom of toasting every time wine was drunk, so that thesense of hearing could enjoy the sound produced by the clinking of glasses.'"

However, and we continue in this information, the word toast is much closer in history. “The origin of the term toast, on the contrary, seems to be much more recent. Although it is not a contrastable fact to one hundred percent, it seems that this word began to be used in the 16th century. In 1527 the troops of the emperor Carlos I of Spain and of the V of the Holy Roman Empire Germanic Take Rome causing the escape of Pope Clemente VII, after which they begin the looting of the city. Among the enemy forces, the military of the Empire justified the massacre as an offering to God, raising their wine cups and pronouncing the words "Bring Dir’s, which would mean" I offer it to you ", celebrating the victory.

We move on to the phrases to provide at ‘VinoToroteca.com’ although we select those that seem more correct, avoiding the procacos. Here are:

Wine, vinillo, who is your mother?
The grapes.
Do you bring a passport? No.
Well, to Cuba.

Came from the good bush,
You are came and I am leather,
Strain for this hole.

Do not believe that providing is a simple thing,
But since I have good company and a good chair,
We will drink and enjoy for a day. Health.

There are vinín, vinín, you came
son of a tweet,
You want to enter
And I open the door.

Because when God called Gabino,
He did not say: Gabino Ven, but come wine!

And finally we stay in ‘Euroresidentes.com’ where we read: “Up, down, to the center and inside!” That is the best known Spanish toast. But to provide is a rite that has been carried out throughout the world and especially in Europe, where in each country there is a whole protocol to make a toast that is born of traditions and customs. ”

And we also highlight some of the toasts that remind us:

Everyone should believe in something.

I think we must have another cup.

That there are more good times than bad.

That you have more friends and that you need them less and less.

Let's think about all the friends we know and drink to the health of all who deserve it.

May our house be too small to house everyone at once.

Anyway, a walk through the toast of which we are so in need in these times of the COVID-19. Even in solitude, let's raise the cup today for friends, acquaintances or family who suffer in the hospital, the consequences of this pandemic. Go for you!

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