The reasons may be different these days — the water is now potable — but wines from this area of Moravia, for the most part whites, culled from sprawling vineyards surrounding towns filled with beautifully preserved Romanesque and Baroque architecture, are making a comeback.
Money problems were a constant, Winston himself having shipped off to the Boer War with, Lovell reports, "a huge quantity of luggage, including 72 cases containing fine French wines" and other potables.
THE BAR Free glass of potable red or white wine with your meal.
Various supports and immobilization techniques have been proposed and tested for application in wine-making, cider-making, brewing, distillates, potable alcohol and novel beverages production.
Time was there: "The menu included gyngere (gingered carp) and blancmange (spiced chicken in almond cream), all to be eaten only with fingers; potables were mead and hippocras (spiced wine).
Vast areas of surrounding farmland were opened up for the cultivation of wheat, barley, and wine grapes through irrigation schemes, which contribute to the city's shortage of potable water, much of which is supplied via aqueduct from the Colorado River.
Consider desalination, which makes seawater potable.
"We lost our potable," he said sadly.
There were no services, no potable water.
Charge your phones, prepare potable water.
