The Hemingway Wine Cellar
In his treatise on bullfighting, Death in the Afternoon, Hemingway included in his glossary of terms an entry for Vino. With the air of authority of a world-class sommelier, he provided for the reader a complete introduction to Spanish wine. That Hemingway could speak with such authority in his early thirties is not surprising. He had been living in Paris through most of the 1920's and had traveled throughout Europe during that time. In addition, he had already developed a knack for speaking as an authority on subjects of which he knew far less than he knew of wine. Wine was a lifelong indulgence for Hemingway. The Hemingway Wine Cellar contains only a fraction of the wines associated with Ernest Hemingway and those mentioned in his work. I have chosen to include here only those wines which are given prominent mention in his writing, wines of which he was especially fond, wines which accompany recipes in this book particularly well, and wines around which intriguing anecdotes arose. Without further ado, shall we adjourn to the cellar?
recipes include: