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To: c.hinton who wrote (80571)	1/8/2002 12:53:44 PM
From: Richnorth	Respond to of 116762

You are right! As the wine soured overtime (due to oxidation of the alcohol to acetic acid, the main component of vinegar) the acetic acid reacted with the lead forming lead acetate which is sweet in taste. Of course, the Romans did not know about lead poisoning. And so for quite a while in Europe, folks resorted to "curing soured wine" by storing the soured wine in lead-lined containers. By the way, archaelogists found strong concentrations of lead in the joints of Roman skeletons dug up at Pompeii. They attributed this to the fact that the ancient Romans ate and drank from pewter plates and goblets. <Pewter is an alloy of lead and tin and is relatively soft, malleable and ductile)