Writing Inspiration: The Favourite Wines of World-Renowned Writers

Writers often seem to need a drink close by while they work. You can often see pictures of writers holding glasses of wine. These drinks are like their companions that inspire them. Looking at their favorite drinks will tell you a lot about them. It gives you an idea of the kind of person they are.

Ernest Hemingway has a famous writing style that is clear and direct. He avoided using the florid words that most writers commonly use. His sentences feel punchy and minimalist, like a heavy-handed punch. This style of writing won him a Nobel Prize later on.

While living in Cuba, he was very fond of a bar there called “El Floridita”. He developed a real affection for the daiquiris there. He even asked for a special cocktail to be made just for him. It was called the “Papa Doble” and used lime and grapefruit juice. He felt that this potent drink fit perfectly with his sharp writing style.

Fitzgerald prefers gin cocktails because he finds them simple. It is a simple cocktail made with gin, lime and soda water. In high society settings, he felt that this drink suited him well. The light bubbles seemed to fit the Jazz Age feel.

One of the practical reasons he liked it was the aroma it gave off. In the high society of the 1920s, it was important to keep a low profile. The drink was even featured in the book The Great Gatsby. Characters in the story also gulped down their drinks.

Sylvia Plath is now a very important writer and her poems are infectious. She writes honestly about her inner feelings of sadness. Her work feels very real and is frank and expresses deep feelings. This started a new kind of poetry, known as confessional poetry, which felt very original.

Plath had a unique bond with fellow writer Anne Sexton. They both really enjoyed drinking vodka martinis together. This happened after they were in Boston for a poetry class workshop. At that time they would go to the Ritz-Carlton and order drinks. They always ordered three martinis each, you know, the minimum amount.

Truman Capote wrote such household names as In Cold Blood. His true-crime novels changed the genre forever.Capote comes across to the public as loud and flamboyant. But in his writing, his inner emotions come across more clearly and vulnerably. He had, however, long struggled with a drinking problem.

Capote’s favorite drink was surprisingly simple, always a vodka screwdriver. Vodka mixed only with orange juice was the most basic combination. He also affectionately called this drink “my orange drink.”

It is important to realize that the history of this drink is not very clear, in fact it is somewhat vague. Some believe that soldiers first made the drink long ago during the war. Marines are said to have added vodka to their orange juice rations. Perhaps they used a screwdriver to stir it at the time.

Capote liked vodka, but sometimes switched juices. He might swap orange juice for soda or grapefruit juice. The simplicity of the drink feels strange compared to the raucous show he puts on outside. Maybe it gives him a sense of ease and comfort in the complicated world he lives in.

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Oscar Wilde was a brilliant writer from Ireland. He wrote witty plays and the novel Dowling Gray.Wilde was known for his sharp writing style and flamboyant persona.

When it came to drinks, Wilde was very fond of absinthe. People called the drink the “green fairy,” a kind of mystical elf. They believed that absinthe could make people see strange things, like hallucinations. They also believed that Absinthe also made people more creative.

Wilde famously described the experience and effects of Absinthe. He said that you first see what you want to see. Then you see what is actually not real at all. He said that the last thing you see is the thing that is real, and that is the scariest of all.

Absinthe was banned in the United States because of its ingredients, did you know that? It’s because of a compound called thione, which is extracted from wormwood. Now Absinthe here usually doesn’t have that ingredient. But in Europe you can legally drink Absinthe with the wormwood ingredient.

Understanding the drinks of these famous writers helps to understand their lives better. The drinks truly reflect the inner world of these people. In the process of finding creative inspiration, there’s often a glass around. It feels like a liquid connection between the writer and their work.

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