For a visit to a small winery located on the site of a Colonial vinyard, which was providing wine to Virginians 140 years before a drop was fermented in California, do not miss the Williamsburg Winery in Williamsburg, VA. They have the largest known collection of colonial wine bottles. I tried some of their wines, just a couple of weeks after my periodic trip to the Napa Valley, and they were surprisingly good! Mead and beer were sometimes watered down to expand the supply. Weak beer was one source of water to the common laborer in the Middle Ages, supplied by his master. I have seen the many messages on water, and wanted to add that, along with drinking and bathing in it, it has also been used frequently as a mixer. By the way, I hope there aren't too many objections to what has been a lively, interesting and informative thread of conversation. Bill Kincaid == Visit my webpages at http://members.tripod.com/lifeoncanvas/index.htm _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com