1700 - dark side of domination
<warning by Juan Ruiz>
The drunken monkeys grow old, they
do not walk in their color, they dry out and turn gray,
they do many vile things, everyone hates them;
They miss God a lot and they fail the world.
When wine is stronger than brains,
the drunks are gnawed like pigs and rooks;
therefore come deaths, strife and shuffles;
Source of Taxation: Wine was an important source of taxation for the royal and municipal coffers of Madrid and Castile in the 17th century, especially in times of war, when it became an important source of economic support for war expenditures.
Social reaction: High taxes on wine led to anti-tax riots and disturbances by both bar owners and ordinary consumers.










