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If there is one wine that has fascinated me since I started studying the history of wine, it is the wine that was referred to in Middle Dutch sources as maleveseien, better known as malvasia. One of the oldest mentions I am familiar with is from 1360/61, from the accounts of Jan van Blois, lord of Schoonhoven and Gouda. A 'boette' (a barrel) of malevisier was purchased for his … [Lees meer...] overMalvasia. The Renowned Wine Yesterday and Today