Bargain of the Day: Pagan wine

August 7, 2008

Bargain of the Day: Pagan wine

By Feòrag

Malta: Okay, so this product is not deliberately marketed at neopagans, but I bet they buy it:

Meridiana Wine Estate has launched its third white wine called Astarte, inspired by the Phoenician goddess of fertility worshipped in Malta during the Punic period. Astarte is based on the Vermentino grape, a Mediterranean wine grape variety which is ideal for Malta's climatic conditions.

New wine toasts fertility goddess—Times of Malta, 7th August 2008. See also Bargain of the Day: L'Chaim!, The Prattle, 18th October 2004.

2 comments

Branwen | August 10, 2008 11:36 | Reply

Well, since I don't care much about goddesses and even less about fertility and I cannot ask the Phoenicians, because they have sort of vanished, I'll ask you the important question. Is this wine any good?

DragonSlaveII | May 19, 2009 04:55 | Reply

White grapes...hmm, should be like any other white wine then--not particularly strong or sweet.

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