Lies and Arbor Gold - An ASOIAF Wine Theory 🍷

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Hello everyone! Today I'm going over a theory as to a certain type of duplicitous wine in #asongoficeandfire.
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Thank you all for watching! I'll be back with more theories next week! Character art in this video is by TheMico!
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00:00 Conspiracy Theories
00:47 Arbor Gold
01:24 Littlefinger's Schemes
02:56 Cersei, Deception, and Wine
04:17 Tyrion and Arbor Gold
05:20 Frey Pies
06:18 Uses Prior to Feast
07:19 Deception in Oldtown
08:34 The Kingbreaker
09:17 A Historical Use (HOTD SPOILERS)
10:30 Importance for Winds
11:05 Conclusions

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  • @alvaroprieto2092
    @alvaroprieto20923 ай бұрын

    Arbor Gold is just like CERVEZA CRYSTAL

  • @fantasyhaven1
    @fantasyhaven1 Жыл бұрын

    If only Lancel had plied Bobby B with Arbor Gold, he would've lured the boar into a false sense of security with some honeyed words

  • @lawyeroutlaw

    @lawyeroutlaw

    Жыл бұрын

    +1!!!😂

  • @ArrakisHeir88

    @ArrakisHeir88

    Жыл бұрын

    Does fortified white wine exist?

  • @jacobwillard9687

    @jacobwillard9687

    2 ай бұрын

    “Gods, what a stupid name!”

  • @paulcourtemanche3549
    @paulcourtemanche3549 Жыл бұрын

    Love hearing you say Petyr like you’re Lysa getting railed.

  • @Raymond-vi1ee

    @Raymond-vi1ee

    Жыл бұрын

    When he do that 😂

  • @ArrakisHeir88

    @ArrakisHeir88

    Жыл бұрын

    Puh-tire

  • @jeannebouwman1970

    @jeannebouwman1970

    11 ай бұрын

    petire petire petire

  • @hecticscone

    @hecticscone

    11 ай бұрын

    rip Roy Dotrice v_v

  • @saatvikkalra6061

    @saatvikkalra6061

    6 ай бұрын

    PUHTYRE OH PUHTYRE

  • @serrastark4687
    @serrastark4687 Жыл бұрын

    I had a thought as I was listening to this that might add to the theory. If Arbor Gold has an "opposite" in ASOIF, it would be Dornish Red. As I recall, Dornish Red was the drink of choice of the Hound, who famously hated lies. Connection? Might be, could be. At any rate it would be interesting to do a similar breakdown of Dornish Red and it's connection to truth, if there is one, in the books.

  • @julgercards

    @julgercards

    6 күн бұрын

    I seem to recall oberyn calling tyrion out as a liar and saying dornish red is better than arbor gold

  • @sardonically-inclined7645
    @sardonically-inclined7645 Жыл бұрын

    I honestly chuckled when I remembered "Oh yeah, that's what Hizdar's hair is supposed to look like in the books.."

  • @saltlakeatrocity9771

    @saltlakeatrocity9771

    Жыл бұрын

    Reminds me of Daario Naharis's even more ridiculous book counterpart.

  • @johnreynolds2512
    @johnreynolds2512 Жыл бұрын

    I read the first book when it came out in paperback back in 1997, got Clash in hardcover as a 35th birthday gift from my brother, was walking through an airport coming home from Hawaii and saw Storm sitting there on display. I really enjoy seeing new readers discover these books, new channels come along like Quinn's that give good analyses.

  • @joaogabrielalves8781

    @joaogabrielalves8781

    Жыл бұрын

    God, if I were you I would already be crazy

  • @Matt-xc6sp
    @Matt-xc6sp Жыл бұрын

    Surely Wyman knows you should pair meat pies with a Dornish Red. Theory confirmed.

  • @Buford_T_Justice1
    @Buford_T_Justice1 Жыл бұрын

    Janos Slynt really knows his wines. He also has friends at court. Powerful friends!

  • @QuinnTheGM

    @QuinnTheGM

    Жыл бұрын

    I literally just watched the episode of the show where he’s executed. Rad scene.

  • @anguswaterhouse9255
    @anguswaterhouse9255 Жыл бұрын

    Every time I hear how long it’s been since ADWD breaks me a little bit inside

  • @ezananigussie3311

    @ezananigussie3311

    Жыл бұрын

    12 years is a crazy ass number

  • @lawyeroutlaw

    @lawyeroutlaw

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah. 12 years a slave guy would’ve been free by now. So…. It’s been a minute.

  • @ricopena2053

    @ricopena2053

    Жыл бұрын

    Plus there’s not as many memorable or quotable moments in Feast or Dance as there is the first three books. Ned’s death is in Game. The battle of Blackwater is in Clash. The Red Wedding, the series defining moment, is in Storm. The Euron intro at the Kingsmoot is pretty cool, but I can’t get show Greyjoy out of my head. And Dance has the great line: So young," said Wyman Manderly, "Though mayhaps this was a blessing. Had he lived he would've grown up to be a Frey.

  • @Human-zx4rb

    @Human-zx4rb

    Жыл бұрын

    I mean. Jons death is pretty iconic

  • @ricopena2053

    @ricopena2053

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Human-zx4rb we are still mid confrontation, the TV show conclusion doesn’t count. Or if he never writes the last two books, the TV show is the canonical ending.

  • @dirtysheepdog
    @dirtysheepdog Жыл бұрын

    Never would have realized this without the fan theorists. Love this idea

  • @dirtysheepdog

    @dirtysheepdog

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Francis..... seems to work against more than just the simple in this story…

  • @Broogli
    @Broogli Жыл бұрын

    Benjin was the boar , bloodraven was the wine.

  • @YarPirates-vy7iv

    @YarPirates-vy7iv

    Жыл бұрын

    In a way, aren't we all the boar?

  • @borisdorofeev5602

    @borisdorofeev5602

    Жыл бұрын

    It's so simple

  • @benclark96

    @benclark96

    Жыл бұрын

    @@YarPirates-vy7iv maybe the real boar was the friends we made along the way

  • @YarPirates-vy7iv

    @YarPirates-vy7iv

    Жыл бұрын

    @@benclark96 the boar is the journey, not the destination?

  • @colinplaisance4274
    @colinplaisance4274 Жыл бұрын

    I’m sure it’s been covered before, but it’s interesting that House Redwyne are not Goldwyne and their sigil is a red grape. You can make a white or gold wine by removing the skins. So it seems that arbor gold is just made from red grapes similar to dornish reds but the wine itself is a lie to be presented as something unique. Notice that in the books it’s referred to as singular Arbor Gold. But for dornish wine it’s plural “dornish reds”

  • @JimRFF

    @JimRFF

    Жыл бұрын

    I really like the idea that not only is the wine a bit of dramatic irony for us the readers to understand as a lie, but that it's also a lie in-world if the grapes really aren't any better than cheaper Dornish varieties, but the removal of the skins to change the color is enough to trick the average person in to believing it is a "superior vintage" and paying out the nose... after all, power resides where men believe it resides

  • @colinplaisance4274

    @colinplaisance4274

    Жыл бұрын

    @@JimRFF exactly! It really fits thematically

  • @Lexxir

    @Lexxir

    Жыл бұрын

    Flayed man + skinned grapes wine = Russ Bolton vampire confirmed

  • @Levacque

    @Levacque

    Жыл бұрын

    If that's truly the case, I imagine the reason why people value Arbor Gold so highly is because they can get completely ripped on it without a proportionately terrible hangover because of the lessened tannin levels.

  • @colinplaisance4274

    @colinplaisance4274

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Lexxir yeah I thought about that but couldn’t make the clear connection.

  • @Brian-ib2yz
    @Brian-ib2yz Жыл бұрын

    This is an awesome observation that I didn’t pick up on as a reader. It reminds me a lot of the use of oranges to signal greed and/or treachery in the Godfather trilogy, and like those oranges I bet being able to pick up on the imagery/symbolism will make re-reads more enjoyable

  • @warlordofbritannia

    @warlordofbritannia

    Жыл бұрын

    I’m glad someone else thought of the Godfather oranges too 😂

  • @billychops1280
    @billychops1280 Жыл бұрын

    Quinn you’ve been single-handedly keeping my love of ASOIAF burning and I thank you for that

  • @minnumseerrund
    @minnumseerrund Жыл бұрын

    Twist: When the final script for Winds is finally delivered for print its ruined by a spilled goblet of Arbor Gold

  • @Levacque
    @Levacque Жыл бұрын

    As soon as your image of Ulf White came up, I went, "Holy shit." You cracked the code for sure, and that one seals it for me. GRRM frequently uses his peripheral stories to reinforce the patterns and themes of the main series. I will indeed be looking out for the phrase in the next book.

  • @Bewbscueser
    @Bewbscueser3 ай бұрын

    My closest friend who basically prosthelytized ASoIaF until I devoured the first three books in his condo pool while cat sitting just passed away. It breaks my heart that he never found out how the story ends. It breaks my heart that these books so many have a deep and abiding love for will never be finished. It kills me that George has been lying about finishing the books for years. I can no longer watch videos like this because what was once a source of great joy has turned to ash in my mouth.

  • @lawyeroutlaw
    @lawyeroutlaw Жыл бұрын

    Now I assume Arbor gold was served at the dinner Tyrion had with the Goldcloaks commander before sending his ass to the Wall.

  • @QuinnTheGM

    @QuinnTheGM

    Жыл бұрын

    Janos Slynt Moment

  • @Radar0344

    @Radar0344

    Жыл бұрын

    When the merchant tries to poison Danny in GOT, he says it's a wine from the Arbor...

  • @VANIT_E
    @VANIT_E11 ай бұрын

    I think any reference to wine from the Arbor is a signal. When Daenerys went to the Western Market, for example, the wine merchant insisted she try the "dry red from the Arbor" (Daenerys VI)

  • @alexandergangaware429
    @alexandergangaware429 Жыл бұрын

    Preston's "Cersei and Taena" series has a good argument for the Merryweather's being Varys/Illyrio agents, and not Tyrell loyalists

  • @esjay1999
    @esjay1999 Жыл бұрын

    revisit and discuss some of the Jaime chapters, especially his dreams and what they could mean

  • @QuinnTheGM

    @QuinnTheGM

    Жыл бұрын

    That’s a great idea!

  • @mattwarmka1703
    @mattwarmka1703 Жыл бұрын

    I dunno why, but I love the subscribe parrot at the end of your videos. It's got big grade school end of the month newsletter energy and I am here for it.

  • @bobbehwitchie
    @bobbehwitchie Жыл бұрын

    What a refreshing change of pace. A theory I have never heard. Amazing theory. I appreciate the work you're doing. Glad I came across ur channel.

  • @Marcel442
    @Marcel442 Жыл бұрын

    Mate, this was it. This was the post. This was the post that made me hit that subscription bell! I applaud you, ser. Your content is worth more than Arbor gold and Lannister gold combined!

  • @RiderOfKarma
    @RiderOfKarma Жыл бұрын

    I had an idea watching HOTD that the Hightower’s were secretly using wine to poison Viserys in cahoots with the maesters. 🤔

  • @michaelamurphy845
    @michaelamurphy845 Жыл бұрын

    Can you talk about what you think will happen to Cersei and her trial?? You’re vids are so amazing

  • @WaywardWhiteWalker
    @WaywardWhiteWalker Жыл бұрын

    It's settled then, Wyman wrote the pink letter.

  • @sblinder1978
    @sblinder1978 Жыл бұрын

    Did you notice? Half the time when Quinn the GM shows images of Arbor Gold the wine pictured is actually red? Who's paying him to spread this misinformation, is it the Tyrells? (With no new books, ASOIAF theories must move into real-world conspiracies, such as whether HBO is paying GRRM to not finish TWOW)

  • @QuinnTheGM

    @QuinnTheGM

    Жыл бұрын

    It’s the Redwynes, actually. (I meant to have a note about that in the video but forgot to add it, my bad)

  • @hatemalmghawish4283
    @hatemalmghawish4283 Жыл бұрын

    Hey Quinn! I'm a huge ASOIAF fan from Syria and your content blows my mind every time you present a theory or a debate over a case or a character in ASOIAF, so thank you for your incredible work, but I just wanted to tell ya on little thing please, if you could slow down a little bit while you're speaking bcuz I couldn't catch all the words and for that I'll be really thankful man! Keep going

  • @positive5486
    @positive54864 ай бұрын

    In the first book, when the wineseller found out about dany's identity, he also wanted to have her drink arbor gold

  • @warlordofbritannia
    @warlordofbritannia Жыл бұрын

    It’s like oranges in The Godfather, whenever they show up there’s about to be some bloody business

  • @CLCHRD
    @CLCHRD Жыл бұрын

    that would even fit the tyrion chapter with janos slynt since slynt guessed the wine they're drinking is arbor gold but it isnt and after that there was really no dishonesty or secrets about what happened lol

  • @staticdynamic1605
    @staticdynamic1605 Жыл бұрын

    Fantastic content.

  • @richardtabor8686
    @richardtabor8686 Жыл бұрын

    drankity-goo analysis...love it!!!

  • @byjordi2185
    @byjordi2185 Жыл бұрын

    Finally someone actually talking about this theory :D

  • @jolinefields3460
    @jolinefields3460 Жыл бұрын

    I know I’m hundred years late here but this is first time I’ve heard this me I am so happy this was great and great style

  • @jolinefields3460

    @jolinefields3460

    Жыл бұрын

    Wow just had my glass or Arbor Gold with a Dunk and Egg K7K damn🙃 I’m so happy to know it was appreciated and did feel ooohgghhh sketchy and I’m on the road now but I’m glad 😇🤨

  • @Lexxir
    @Lexxir Жыл бұрын

    “Littlefingler” 💀

  • @Valkanna.Nublet

    @Valkanna.Nublet

    Жыл бұрын

    Maybe that's what the sex workers call him ;)

  • @leondzananovic6576

    @leondzananovic6576

    5 ай бұрын

    Petire

  • @kokai83
    @kokai8311 ай бұрын

    Didn’t the wine merchant/ assassin mention Arbor Gold while he gifted a casket of poisoned wine to Danny? Love your videos:)

  • @BeteBlanc
    @BeteBlanc Жыл бұрын

    How do you feel about other false/fools gold references? He can't exactly have every lie tied to a wine. Arbor Gold might be part a more general fools gold theme. We encounter Lem with his Lemoncloak. Sansa and her love if lemon cakes, which might suggest a sort of being fed lies. The lemon tree in Dany's memory suggesting falsehoods about her childhood. The false gold also pops up people describe his use of off gold colour. It might also include references to pee. When Varys trades the wine it's for a baby from a suggestive area of the city.

  • @ecclesiasticman4417
    @ecclesiasticman4417 Жыл бұрын

    peTIRE☠️

  • @Lexxir

    @Lexxir

    Жыл бұрын

    Been listening to the audiobooks too much

  • @Rhaenyssupporter

    @Rhaenyssupporter

    Жыл бұрын

    oh peTIRE 😣

  • @vincentsempiternalis3935
    @vincentsempiternalis3935 Жыл бұрын

    Perfect intro

  • @annavafeiadou4420
    @annavafeiadou442011 ай бұрын

    It's like the oranges in the Godfather

  • @borisdorofeev5602
    @borisdorofeev5602 Жыл бұрын

    Juices and Chins theory or Almost a Man Grown theory next?

  • @GR-ym8po
    @GR-ym8po Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for the spoiler warning....most don't do it

  • @tempertempernow
    @tempertempernow Жыл бұрын

    Yeaaaaaassssss🎉

  • @jenny_of_oldstones3523
    @jenny_of_oldstones3523 Жыл бұрын

    When in doubt BLAME BLOODRAVEN and LITTLEFINGER!!!! 🤪🤪🤪🤪

  • @Valkorion9872
    @Valkorion9872 Жыл бұрын

    The way Quinn just pronounced Petyr at 2:05 made me have a stroke.

  • @leondzananovic6576

    @leondzananovic6576

    5 ай бұрын

    Roy Dotrice pronounced it the same way in the audiobooks.

  • @lawyeroutlaw
    @lawyeroutlaw Жыл бұрын

    Also this reminds me of a confusing detail to me in the books. Everybody seems to praise “Dornish Red” as some kind of superior wine. But isn’t Dorne basically Dune/Arrakis? Have you ever tried growing grapes in the desert? I have my doubts that it can possibly be the spot for ideal vineyards. Am I wrong?

  • @lightscorer1320

    @lightscorer1320

    Жыл бұрын

    Parts of it yes but the Greenblood (basically the Nile) runs through it and would be a great place for growing grapes (I think)

  • @bsword0311

    @bsword0311

    Жыл бұрын

    Grapes grown in hot climates generally grow bigger and are sweeter because they can grow easier, this makes it so when they ferment the extra sugar makes the wine more alcoholic, this could explain why everyone loves Dorneish wine because it is more alcoholic

  • @qwopiretyu

    @qwopiretyu

    Жыл бұрын

    There's no such thing as a single biome nation. If there's no arable land you can't have a nation because you can't feed an army to protect it. You need SOME domestic food production so obviously Dorne can feed itself as it's been independent longest and most.

  • @johnnye87

    @johnnye87

    Жыл бұрын

    IIRC Dornish red is generally described as "sour", but not necessarily in a derogatory way as it does seem quite popular and expensive. The implication seems to be that Arbor gold is sweeter and more palatable than more punchy and "obvious" Dornish red. Like a good lie, it's attractive and easy to swallow.

  • @scoliosis9478

    @scoliosis9478

    18 күн бұрын

    i think Dorne is supposed to have more of a mediterranean climate given they grow grapes and olives and such, but there’s also desert in the hinterlands of the kingdom.

  • @akeelyaqub2538
    @akeelyaqub25387 ай бұрын

    Lies or not, nothing will change the fact that Janos slynt has friends at court. Powerful friends!

  • @dmcboi
    @dmcboi Жыл бұрын

    Sounds a lot like Cool Aid! Mmmhhm keep drinking the Arbor Gold

  • @QuinnTheGM

    @QuinnTheGM

    Жыл бұрын

    Oh yeah!

  • @MrHotSalsa
    @MrHotSalsa Жыл бұрын

    When i read "arbor gold" I'm like alright who is getting tricked

  • @arjunsandhar578
    @arjunsandhar578 Жыл бұрын

    W

  • @EFFLUVIUMWRITING
    @EFFLUVIUMWRITINGАй бұрын

    little fingler

  • @socalchago
    @socalchago Жыл бұрын

    That's a bit like theorizing that there will likelv be violence when the author mentions a unsheathed blade. If characters are drinking arbor wine, it means 1) they are rich and 2) they have free time. Asoiaf characters who are rich and have time on their hands are definitely up to no good But more importantly, how often are charachters deceptive without the author mentioning arbor gold? Most of the series is about people lying to each other and to themselves

  • @face8374
    @face8374 Жыл бұрын

    Fingler.

  • @co94
    @co94 Жыл бұрын

    As much as I enjoy ASOIAF, I cant take many more theories ha. I sometimes think the Collective has mapped out so many paths and turned over so many stones already that GRRM is having too difficult a time furthering the story. Hence the delay. Ill be happy to be wrong, but I am losing faith that he will finish the books.

  • @ToucanBinks
    @ToucanBinks Жыл бұрын

    👍

  • @bensonfang1868
    @bensonfang1868 Жыл бұрын

    This theory makes me wonder what house redwyne’s endgame is.

  • @leondzananovic6576

    @leondzananovic6576

    5 ай бұрын

    I believe that they'll overthrow the Tyrells for Faegon.

  • @ayiza8511
    @ayiza8511 Жыл бұрын

    Yea Wynann manderly is a cannibal

  • @astrinymris9953
    @astrinymris9953 Жыл бұрын

    What I want to know: Why did the artist choose to render Cersei with blue eyes and Sansa with green eyes? 😉

  • @nirekin2760

    @nirekin2760

    5 ай бұрын

    Sansa is a secret Lannister. Dun Dun Dun

  • @jkelsey555
    @jkelsey555 Жыл бұрын

    1:14 clearly a red wine, sloppy sloppy sloppy. jk nice video

  • @thebadasswolves1374
    @thebadasswolves1374 Жыл бұрын

    136th viewer.

  • @robertfaucher3750
    @robertfaucher3750 Жыл бұрын

    Doesn't Manderly mention Arbor Gold?

  • @QuinnTheGM

    @QuinnTheGM

    Жыл бұрын

    I talk about that in this video!

  • @robertfaucher3750

    @robertfaucher3750

    Жыл бұрын

    @@QuinnTheGM I spaced out lol

  • @spliffertonsheldrake6007
    @spliffertonsheldrake6007 Жыл бұрын

    "Peh-tire" ?? lol

  • @indigo8722
    @indigo8722 Жыл бұрын

    PUTIIIIREEEE OHHHH PUTIIIIREEEEEEE

  • @gh1430
    @gh143011 ай бұрын

    Anybody else stuck with calling petyr the way Roy Dotrice pronounced it? 😅 calling him PETER Baelish always throws me off.

  • @johnmitchell4043
    @johnmitchell4043 Жыл бұрын

    Is 20 mentions really a lot? Doesn't seem like much to me

  • @QuinnTheGM

    @QuinnTheGM

    Жыл бұрын

    It’s a lot given that those mentions pretty much start in Feast, and happen over two books. It’s also a lot that they all have some tie to dishonesty.

  • @Kikithewildling
    @Kikithewildling Жыл бұрын

    Lol I just got Robert Baratheon as my dream date. 😅 I thought it might be fun and I’d love to try the Arbor Gold but then again, I might get an STD or his super sperm may bust through my birth control so I’ll have to pass. 🤷🏻‍♀️

  • @jenniferpearce1052
    @jenniferpearce1052 Жыл бұрын

    Pi-tire???!

  • @QuinnTheGM

    @QuinnTheGM

    Жыл бұрын

    It’s from the audiobook

  • @jenniferpearce1052

    @jenniferpearce1052

    Жыл бұрын

    @@QuinnTheGM Really? Wow. Thx

  • @BobHoss4
    @BobHoss4 Жыл бұрын

    For the Algorithim 😘

  • @QuinnTheGM

    @QuinnTheGM

    Жыл бұрын

    Blood for the algorithm gods

  • @Bakasama04
    @Bakasama04 Жыл бұрын

    First

  • @infinitekreacher99

    @infinitekreacher99

    Жыл бұрын

    First to comment. Last to get laid.

  • @BudravenOG
    @BudravenOG Жыл бұрын

    Peh tyre lol

  • @elainemarie8725
    @elainemarie8725 Жыл бұрын

    Wasn’t Prince Aegon poisoned by his favorite wine “arbor red”?….

  • @QuinnTheGM

    @QuinnTheGM

    Жыл бұрын

    I believe so! Lots o’ wine poisonings near the end of the Dance.

  • @pyropulseIXXI
    @pyropulseIXXI Жыл бұрын

    I don't get your joke. Dwarves is Tolkien and dwarfs is the 'correct way,' so why would "ourselfs" be if you are a Tolkienist? Ourselves is literally the 'Tolkien form.'

  • @trippinzombiez
    @trippinzombiez Жыл бұрын

    Pitire, really lol

  • @Cheattoe
    @Cheattoe Жыл бұрын

    Sanity is for the weak

  • @fakeskyler2305
    @fakeskyler23056 ай бұрын

    puhtire

  • @chandlerdoeswhatifs9399
    @chandlerdoeswhatifs9399 Жыл бұрын

    You shoildve done this video while drunk

  • @ZachSparks614
    @ZachSparks614 Жыл бұрын

    Why tf are you pronouncing his name Puh-tire? I had to stop the video as soon as I heard that twice.

  • @QuinnTheGM

    @QuinnTheGM

    Жыл бұрын

    It’s a reference to the audiobooks, that’s the pronunciation there.

  • @christopherlewis1315
    @christopherlewis1315 Жыл бұрын

    Its Pronounced "Peter," not "Puhtire." Please stop listening to the audiobooks, Roy Dotrice mispronounced so many names! 🤦‍♂️

  • @j3fr0uk
    @j3fr0uk7 ай бұрын

    Poor dude wrote himself into a corner and to actually be considered a great, he's gotta over come this.. Kinda like a wine turnin sour, GoT leaves a crappy taste in the mouth lmao...

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