The Temperance movement steadily gained a huge following worldwide, resulting in bans on alcohol. Canada, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia/the Soviet Union and the United States all enacted bans on alcohol in the first decades of the twentieth century. In the US, the eighteenth amendment prohibited the sale and production of alcoholic beverages, beginning in 1920. Nearly fourteen years and three constitutional amendments later, Congress repealed the eighteenth amendment. But not before prohibition had wreaked havoc on the American alcohol industry.
Temperance and Prohibition
Resistance to alcohol grew during the nineteenth century. Social conservatives worried about the affects of alcohol abuse on individuals and communities. In 1874, the first National Convention of the Women's Christian Temperance Union was held in the United States. The Union promoted the movement for prohibition in the States and tried to shut down saloons. They blamed male drinking for prostitution, child abuse and poverty.
Recruiting station
The first recruiting station of the US marines was a bar.
Another Fishy story
It is illegal to serve alcohol to fish in Ohio.
Fishing story
It is illegal to feed alcohol to moose in Alaska.
Minimum drinking age.
The U.S. has the highest drinking age minimum in the world.
Look out Texas, here we come...
I hope to have some very exciting news about my wines in Texas very soon. We are in talks with a couple of great venues who are really interested, so my wine maker, David Skinner, is looking into pricing and delivery options. I am so happy about this, because Texas is where it all started, at Clear Creek Winery in Kemah.
The Bible
I am told that The Bible had the first known written account of wine. It tells us that Noah planted a vineyard and made wine.
History
Researchers say that social wine drinking probably began around 6,000 B.C. In some cultures, beer was for the villagers and workers, but wine was reserved for Royalty and the Upper Classes. The Romans are truly responsible for expanding the wine culture in the old world, mainly due to the sheer size of the Roman Empire.
Benjamin Franklin"T"T
"The discovery of a wine is of greater moment than the discovery of a constellation. The universe is too full of stars."