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| From Picture Post : 30 July 1949 |
Ah for the good old days when wine was marketed as a medicinal supplement rather than a quick passport to alcoholic oblivion. For the days when fancy winery monikers - be they Blossom Forge or Musselbank Creek - were eclipsed by the no-nonsense descriptive text of "Keystone Superior Australian Burgundy". Oh for the days when there was such a thing as "Empire Wine" and it was served in sensible bottles with re-usable corks. For the days when it was 5/9 a bottle. .... but hang on a minute, if you calculate the price in 1949 and the equivalent price now, it works out at a very expensive bottle of wine indeed. Ah for the good new days.
We don't use the word 'flagon' enough now a days.
ReplyDeleteThe flagon with the dragon is the brew that is true. The vessel with the pestle has the potion with the poison. Etc Etc
ReplyDeleteGreat movie!
DeleteYour posts often make me thirsty.
ReplyDeleteI could use a hit of that today.
ReplyDeleteChilled extremely cold and I am game:)
ReplyDeleteI love the term Empire Wine. Nowadays it's Empire Whine.
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