soaked in wine . . .

I'll admit that I enjoy a myriad of things soaked in wine . . . certainly home-cooked dark breads of almost any kind, the crust of Italian bread while eating pasta and a good tomato sauce (or probably a white sauce as well), and of course, the finger-tips of my beloved . . . but this was new to me until I saw it in Anna Nicholas' book Kitchen Garden which A. and I both enjoy browsing while waiting (in the kitchen) for something to reach the correct temperature:

Fennel seeds when soaked in wine
Revitalize a heart that love makes pine.

Ecole de Salerne,1500