Near Mansion House station is the Vintners' Hall. When Geoffrey Chaucer wrote The Canterbury Tales the Vintners were here. Geoffrey's father was a witness on the original deeds to the land. The early building was burned down in The Great Fire of London. (See the Monument to the great fire, a column you can climb, for a fee, when it is open, near Monument station. For a map of London's underground go to the Transport for London website, tflgov.uk.
On the ceiling is their motto, in Latin. Vinum exhilarat animus. Translation? Wine excites the mind. Wine gladdens the soul. Wine gladdens the heart. Wine exhilarates the spirit.
For an account of a wine tasting and author book signing by a wine expert at this lovely venue see my next post.
Angela Lansbury, travel, food and wine writer and author of books of quotations. (See Lulu.com ; Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube Angela Lansbury author.)
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