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Valravn Wines: Sonoma County Old Wine Zinfandel (2015)

10,000 Birds

With enough imagination and superstition, some birds can be absolutely frightening – as the multitude of spooky fowl haunting the darkest corners of human culture throughout history will attest. But our ancestors weren’t always so lucky to appreciate birds the way we do.

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The Domestic Turkey and the First Thanksgiving

10,000 Birds

They became known as “Turkie Fowl” (spelling varies) because they were coming from the general direction of Turkey. The “Fowl” was dropped and the term “Turkey” was applied to other large Galliformes that were encountered in the New World. Diffusion to other european countries subsequently was very rapid.

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