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

10,000 Birds

He blindfolded vultures to determine whether they could locate food by sense of smell, and also sought to determine if chicken eggs would hatch by the warmth of the sun alone, rather than from being incubated by a hen.

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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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