Bacchanalian fraternity

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 , the Roman god of wine and intoxication.

Some of the societies date to the early modern era. Other modern ones have various affiliations, such as in the form of student societies.

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