With trying to keep up in the vineyard, suckering and stuffing shoots, and all that, I am a bit behind on my reading. Last night, trying to get in a bit of reading before I fell asleep, I noticed this article in the April 13th issue of Time. When Pope Francis visits the United States in September he is going to use a very special silver chalice at a mass in New York (not the mass in Washington D.C. at which the Pope will canonize Blessed Junípero Serra).
Crafted from donations of silver, by silversmith Adrián Pallarols, the design of the chalice will include quite a bit of symbolism, like; stylised leaves for the Garden of Eden; columns and arches representing St. Patrick's Cathedral, NYC; and a map of the United States as the host country. In Adrián's first sketch of the chalice design he forgot to include the non-contiguous states of Alaska and Hawaii. An easy oversight, I suppose, and easily amended. But, hang on a minute, there is still one glaring omission; Señor Pallarols forgot to include Vinoland. What? It's okay folks, don't panic, I've added Vinoland myself, all fixed.
One question still remains to be answered though. What wine will be in the chalice? Vinomaker said it most likely would be Manischewitz. But, (rolling my eyes), I'm thinking it should be something from Napa.
Illustration courtesy of Time Magazine.
One question still remains to be answered though. What wine will be in the chalice? Vinomaker said it most likely would be Manischewitz. But, (rolling my eyes), I'm thinking it should be something from Napa.
