Dornish red
Dornish reds are red wines from Dorne in southern Westeros. There are sour[1][2][3][4] and sweet varieties.[5][6]
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History
In the legend of the Rat Cook, dark red Dornish wine was part of the recipe for the pie in which the son of an Andal king was cooked.[7]
After the Second Battle of Tumbleton, Ser Hobert Hightower gave casks of Dornish red and Arbor gold to Ser Ulf White. Having poisoned the sweeter golden wine, Hobert planned to drink the sour red. A suspicious Ulf insisted that Hobert share the gold, however, and both men died from the poison.[1]
Prince Baelor Targaryen ordered Prince Aegon Targaryen to serve sweet Dornish red to Ser Duncan the Tall during the tourney at Ashford Meadow.[5]
Recent Events
A Game of Thrones
A wineseller in the Western Market of Vaes Dothrak offers a sweet Dornish red to Daenerys Targaryen. She decides to accept the summerwine, but the wineseller instead offers an Arbor red which he has secretly poisoned upon learning her identity.[6]
A Feast for Crows
Queen Regent Cersei Lannister and her uncle, Ser Kevan Lannister, share a flagon of Dornish red during supper.[8] Ser Jaime Lannister, Lord Commander of the Kingsguard, drinks Dornish red in White Sword Tower.[9]
A Dance with Dragons
Tyrion Lannister finds sour reds from Dorne in the cellar of Illyrio's manse in Pentos.[3] Tyrion drinks Dornish reds while traveling with Illyrio Mopatis toward the Rhoyne.[10]
Quotes
Orton: We have Dornish red and Arbor gold, and a fine sweet hippocras from Highgarden.
Cersei: The gold, I think. I find Dornish wines as sour as the Dornish.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Fire & Blood, The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 17, Cersei IV.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 1, Tyrion I.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 38, The Watcher.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 The Hedge Knight.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 54, Daenerys VI.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 56, Bran IV.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 7, Cersei II.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 16, Jaime II.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 5, Tyrion II.
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