expensive wines

[Thomas]

Yeah, yeah!

I believe signs of phylloxera showed up in about 1868, but nobody knew what it was. And when it did blossom in the next decade, Madeira was one of the hardest hit by the blight. Madeira had been decimated afew years earlier by oidium and was dealt an almost fatal blow by the little root bug.

I think the vampire would like this story, but only as a daytime read, as he is confined to small quarters at night, with no lights.