Midnight is when the “Witching Hour” is said to commence: a time associated in the West with ghosts, apparitions, and dark deeds. It’s also the time when one is (normally) having the deepest sleep — a time beyond dreaming and REM. Perhaps the two are associated.
Wine is associated in the West with Christianity and the Church: Jesus is said to have turned water into wine, and sacramental wine is used in the Eucharist ritual by followers of the Catholic Church. Indeed, had monasteries and associated institutions not fostered wine-making during the Dark Ages in Europe, the wine scene as we

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