EPISODE · Feb 15, 2023 · 33 MIN
076 Colonial Wine – the Tedious and Extensive Reasons Why There Wasn’t Any in the 17th & 18th Centuries
from The History of American Food · host Margaret Hardin
Was there wine in the North American British Colonies?No, but yes. There was pricey imported wine, and there were also other fruit wines - including stuff made from some of the American grapes.But no one was selling wine, and definitely no one was exporting any.All the reasons why, and the most maddening bug in the wine world all get described.Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor TurtleShow Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/Email: [email protected] Twitter: @THoAFoodInstagram: @THoAFoodPost: @THoAFoodMusic Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor TurtleShow Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood at gmail dot comThreads: @THoAFoodInstagram: @THoAFood& some other socials... @THoAFood
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Was there wine in the North American British Colonies?No, but yes. There was pricey imported wine, and there were also other fruit wines - including stuff made from some of the American grapes.But no one was selling wine, and definitely no one was exporting any.All the reasons why, and the most maddening bug in the wine world all get described.Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor TurtleShow Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/Email: [email protected] Twitter: @THoAFoodInstagram: @THoAFoodPost: @THoAFoodMusic Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor TurtleShow Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood at gmail dot comThreads: @THoAFoodInstagram: @THoAFood& some other socials... @THoAFood
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076 Colonial Wine – the Tedious and Extensive Reasons Why There Wasn’t Any in the 17th & 18th Centuries
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