Abu Nuwas
Abbasid-era poet famed for transgressive wine poetry
Abu Nuwas (Abbasid-era poet famed for transgressive wine poetry) is discussed on podcasts in TMT.
Discussed in
666. Wine and the Birth of CivilisationThe Rest Is History · May 3, 2026 · 1 h 16 min
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook trace the history of wine through seven key moments, from Neolithic Georgia and Rome to Islam, English bottles, French terroir and the 1976 Judgement of Paris.