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Tsimlyansk Wine
Tsimlyansk
also: цимлянское, Tsimlyanskoye
A sparkling wine from the Tsimlyansk stanitsa on the Don, historically prized in Russia and often served for special or festive occasions -- its supposed fifty-year age is the punchline of the half-bottle joke.
Reading notes
- This and That §9 Tsimlyansk
A sparkling wine from the Tsimlyansk stanitsa on the Don, historically prized in Russia and often served for special or festive occasions -- its supposed fifty-year age is the punchline of the half-bottle joke.
- To the Chekhov Family, 25 April 1887. Cherkassk. §5 Tsimlyansky wine
A festive sparkling wine from the Tsimlyansk stanitsa on the Don, a fixture of the Cossack wedding table Chekhov has just left.
- The Wedding with the General (a story) §38 Tsimlyansk
A sparkling wine from the Don region, traditionally served on festive occasions in Russia -- laid in specially to impress the admiral.