Bacchanalian fraternity

Reception of Commanderie des Grands Vins d'Amboise of Confrérie Saint-Étienne d'Alsace in Kientzheim, Alsace (2005).
Members of Chevaliers du Tastevin.

A Bacchanalian fraternity is a fraternal society of professional or amateur aficionados of wine and perhaps other alcoholic beverages, typically promoting the wines of represented regions, such as wines from France and Germany. The term derives from Bacchus, the Roman god of wine and intoxication.

Some of the societies date to the early modern era.[1][2][3] Other modern ones have various affiliations, such as in the form of student societies.[4]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.yourdictionary.com/bacchanalian
  2. ↑ Chambers, Robert. Scottish Jests and Anecdotes: To which are Added, A Selection of Choice English and Irish Jests, p. 91 (W. Tait 1832).
  3. ↑ http://ausiemusic.com/chevaliers.html
  4. ↑ http://www.alternet.org/story/153943/inside_the_bacchanalian_wall_street_fraternity_party_of_billionaire_bankers_and_hedge_fund_predators
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