Wine vessels kept them fresh and free from a vinegar smell. In medieval Europe, the Roman Catholic Church supported wine because the clergy required it for the Mass. Monks in France made wine for years, aging it in caves. An old English recipe that survived in various forms until the 19th century calls for refining white wine from bastard—bad or tainted "bastardo" wine. The English word "wine" comes from the Proto-Germanic "*winam", an early borrowing from the Latin "vinum", "wine" or "(grape) vine", itself derived from the Proto-Indo-European stem *"win-o-" (cf. , "gini"; Ancient Greek: "oinos"; Aeolic Greek: "woinos"; Hittite: "wiyana";
Congress on the French language in Canada Language in Canada ("Troisième Congrès de la langue française au Canada") was held in Quebec City, Montreal and Saint-Hyacinthe, from June 18 to June 26, 1952. The theme of this third congress was "Let us preserve our cultural heritage" ("Conservons notre héritage culturel"). The Refrancization Congress ("Congrès de la refrancisation") was held at Université Laval in Quebec City from June 21 to June 24, 1957. Congress on the French language in Canada The Congress on the French Language in Canada (French: "Congrès de la langue française au Canada") was a scientific convention that met on three occasions, in 1912, 1937