On foreign wines, since none ever come into being in the North

ALTHOUGH northern regions cannot enjoy native wine because of the extreme cold,¹ they still greatly delight in wines from abroad and in various kinds of home-brewed beer, just as other nations justifiably boast of the delight they have from their excellent wines and their huge abundance, as for example do Spain, Italy, France, and Germany; indeed, on this account they are highly praised by all other countries.