Turpentine, or similar liquids such as mineral spirits, are often used as a blending tool to create a wash effect similar to some watercolor paintings.
Fermentation tanks are now cheap enough that the field blend is an anachronism, and almost all wines are assembled by blending from smaller, individual lots.
His historiography offers penetratingoften pessimisticinsights into the psychology of power politics, blending straightforward descriptions of events, moral lessons, and tightly focused dramatic accounts.