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Description: | Traditionally the English gentry enjoyed heavy port with their evening meal, but as the century progressed there was a great expansion in the variety of wine available. Foreign travel was affordable and available for the first time and experiences abroad contributed to a desire for a lighter drink. Claret and sherry became popular at first, but soon the market was swamped by a huge variety of red and white table wines and a comparable number of wine merchants. Wine remained the preserve of the wealthy well into the 20th century, with the working and middle classes favouring the considerably cheaper beer or gin. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Geirge Berridge & Co | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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