96.17-18: "One talks . . . years ago": Cf. Oscar Wilde's *The Ballad of Reading Gaol (1898), I.I.5-6, I.7.1 (Brian Boyd's note to the LoA edition). The lines he mentions are: "The poor dead woman whom he loved, / And murdered in her bed"; "Yet each man kills the thing he loves." You can see the whole ballad at http://emotionalliteracyeducation.com/classic_books_online/rgaol10.htm .

Cf. "Typically these white Fendant whites are low in acidity and dry with no particularly pronounced aromas or flavours. The town of Sion is in the middle of this region and the Fendant de Sion has one major claim to fame - in Finnegan's Wake James Joyce selects it as his favourite white wine. We'll never know if today's Fendant de Sion is the same wine as Joyce himself drank - nor is it a given that great writers are necessarily connoisseurs of wine - but what with it being the centenary of Bloomsday this year, the Fendant de Sion is appearing all over Ireland.

Just to be sure that you'll make the connection, that iconic photograph with the signature hat and shades is on the label, along with the number 100 several times over. There's a red too, called Dole de Sion, which has an identical label. The red is made from Gamay and Pinot Noir, so it's not completely unlike a rather insipid Burgundy or Beaujolais."

From "Swiss Wines":

http://216.239.63.104/search?q=cache:FXxXATbq2V4J:www.foodandwine.net/wine/wine0174.htm+dole+de+sion&hl=ja

First I found the wine in a Japanese wine book. As there is no difference between Sion and Chillon in Japanese, I thought it could be Dôle de Chillon. If it were Dôle de Chillon, I could have pointed out another thread of Byron and a dungeon motif. Byron wrote "The Prisoner of Chillon" (1816) inspired by Bonivard who was chained to one of the pillars of the dungeon 1530 - 1536. You can see Byron's name he scratched on the (a?) pillar for himself. The castle is near from Montreux Palace Hotel. (Sorry for the useless information!)