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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.

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Mentioned in 3 works (5 mentions)

This and That Stories · 1 mention
The Wedding with the General (a story) Stories · 3 mentions
To the Chekhovs, 19 April 1887. Taganrog. letter · 1 mention

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