{"id":654,"date":"2006-04-21T21:56:00","date_gmt":"2006-04-21T21:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=654"},"modified":"2006-04-21T21:56:00","modified_gmt":"2006-04-21T21:56:00","slug":"celts-wine-and-the-northern-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=654","title":{"rendered":"Celts, Wine, and the Northern League"},"content":{"rendered":"

Northern Italy’s wine industry may owe its origin to the Celts<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Let’s remember, though, that “Celtic” most accurately describes a group of languages<\/a>, not an ethnic group.<\/p>\n

But this bit caught my eye:<\/p>\n

Interest in all things Celtic — from music to mystical rites — took off in northern Italy in the mid 1990s, fanned by the Northern League<\/a> party which rose to prominence with demands for independence for the north.<\/em><\/p>\n

It’s eerily parallel to the way that the neo-Confederate League of the South<\/a> in this country, jumped on the (Anglo-) “Celtic” bandwagon a few years ago. In Italy, however, the Northern League has some degree of political clout. <\/p>\n

(Via Mirabilis<\/a>.) Tags: Celts<\/a>, Italy<\/a>, wine<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Northern Italy’s wine industry may owe its origin to the Celts. Let’s remember, though, that “Celtic” most accurately describes a group of languages, not an ethnic group. But this bit caught my eye: Interest in all things Celtic — from music to mystical rites — took off in northern Italy in the mid 1990s, fanned […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[38],"class_list":["post-654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-celts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6xQTg-ay","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":752,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=752","url_meta":{"origin":654,"position":0},"title":"Who’s a Celt now? – 6","author":"Chas S. 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