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De arte venandi cum avibus: San Martino Siir (2015) – Aglianico del Vulture DOC

10,000 Birds

There had been works on falconry before Frederick’s time: treatises on falconry date back to the 10 th century in Europe, and King Harold of England (of Battle of Hastings fame) reputedly owned the largest collection of volumes devoted to the subject in all of Europe.

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La Vieille Ferme: Rouge (2016)

10,000 Birds

But is there a bird more emblematic of France than the humble – yet decidedly exotic – farmyard chicken? As a perfect evocation of Gallic rusticity – along with simple bonne femme cuisine and the pleasures of vin de pays – the chicken graces the labels of many French wines. This is a bird deserving respect. So I survived.

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