[ggm]

Sophisticated used to mean false, as in sophistry: with intent to deceive. So a sophisticated wine, was an adulterated wine, that had something other than fermented grape juice in it.

[fouc]

TIL. I was quite surprised that sophistication used to mean deceptive/misleading behavior.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophistication

[thaumasiotes]

"Sophistry" still does.

"Silly" is the standard example of semantic shift over what people generally perceive to be a pretty extreme distance: https://www.etymonline.com/word/silly

[thaumasiotes]

Or water, presumably?

To the Romans, drinking wine merum (pure) was a sign of barbarity. They drank their wine diluted.

I don't see a mention of "sophisticated" above - was this just a fun fact?

[ahoka]

Roman wine was very strong, around 15-20% ABV. No wonder they added water to it (and sometimes lead as a sweetener).