- A butt of
malmsey was a
measuring unit in
Medieval England for the
transport of
malmsey wine.
First recorded in
Geoffrey Chaucer's The
Canterbury Tales...
- Malvasia, Malvazia, and
Malmsey have been used
interchangeably for Malvasia-based wines; however, in
modern oenology, "
Malmsey" is now used
almost exclusively...
-
against his
elder brother,
Edward IV, and executed,
allegedly by
drowning in
malmsey wine. He
appears as a
character in
William Shakespeare's
plays Henry VI...
-
driest style, the
Madeira types are:
Malvasia (also
known as
Malvazia or
Malmsey) has its
fermentation halted when its
sugars are
between 3.5 and 6.5° Baumé...
- Malva.
Another theory is that the
sauce originally contained Malvasia (
malmsey) wine.
Proponents of this
theory include brandy or
sherry in the sauce...
- town's history.
Prior to then,
Garachico was an
important port
exporting Malmsey wine and
other local produce. However, a several-w****-long
eruption poured...
-
conviction for high
treason in parliament. He was
probably drowned in a butt of
malmsey, by
order of his brother, King
Edward IV.
Relations between Clarence and...
- Peloponnese, he
wrote about the
bounty of good
quality wines made from
Malmsey,
Muscatel and
Rumney varieties.
Everything he
tried was pleasing, except...
-
against his brother. He
allegedly met his end by
being drowned in a butt of
Malmsey (according to
William Shakespeare). A
fourth creation in
England was suggested...
-
Tower of London; po****rly he is
thought to have been
drowned in a butt of
malmsey wine. On Edward's
death in 1483, the
crown p****ed to his twelve-year-old...
