Vinalia

In the oldest religious calendar [63] we find two festivals called Vinalia, one in April and the other in August; what exactly was the relation of each of them to the operations of viticulture is by no means clear, but we know that these operations were under the protection of

Social life at Rome in the Age of Cicero W. Warde Fowler 1884

"In six days 'time, we, as producers and merchants of fine wines, celebrate the Vinalia, when no lesser light than the priest of Jupiter himself will pronounce the auspices for the forthcoming vintage?"

Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine 2003

She'd been too busy trotting round placing bets on boxers and wrestlers, ordering new gowns for the Vinalia in six days 'time, planning parties, organising dinners, garlanding the hall with floral tributes.

Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine 2003

For instance, I announce the vintage at the Vinalia.

The Grass Crown McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1991

The _Vinalia_ were festivals in honour of Jupiter and Venus.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 327, August 16, 1828 Various

Vinalia of the 19th of August were called _Vinalia Rustica_, and were instituted on occasion of the war of the Latins against Mezentius; in the course of which war, that people vowed a libation to Jupiter of all the wine in the succeeding vintage.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 327, August 16, 1828 Various

On the same day likewise fell the dedication of a temple to Venus; whence some authors have fallen into a mistake, that these Vinalia were sacred to Venus.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 327, August 16, 1828 Various

In the second column also (in large letters in some of the other Calendars) are named the _feriae publicae_, the great annual state-festivals, fixed for one particular day (_feriae stativae_): such, in this case, are the Portunalia, Vinalia, and Consualia.

The Religion of Ancient Rome Cyril Bailey 1914

= -- We have known Iuppiter hitherto either in connection with certain very primitive survivals, or in the genuine Roman period as a sky-_numen_, concerned with the grape-harvest in the two Vinalia and the Meditrinalia, and the recipient at the family meal of a _daps_ as a general propitiation before the beginning of the sowing.

The Religion of Ancient Rome Cyril Bailey 1914

On the 23rd the Vinalia tells its own tale, and shows that the cultivation of the vine was already a part of the agricultural work.

The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus W. Warde Fowler 1884