From her prestigious position as the head of a philosophical school in Alexandria to her violent death in a Christian church, Hypatia of Alexandria's story remains shrouded in mystery, sparking the imagination of writers and poets throughout the 20th century.

Conditum Paradoxum

• 750 ml bottle of white wine (from Italy - dry Pinot Gris)
• 1 cup honey
• 1 date
• 1 tsp black pepper
• 1/2 tsp fennel seeds or mastic gum
• 2 bay leaves
• pinch saffron