The bottle label reads:
"Compose de vin genereux tres vieux, d'excellents quinquinas, de delicieuses plantes aromatiques et prepare avec le sels de Vichy, cet aperitif est bien le plus parfait."
Which might translate as:
"Consisting of very old wine, quinine, as well as delicious herbs and prepared with the salts of Vichy, this is a most perfect aperitif."
Poster from 1899, and in the collection of the Bibliothèque nationale de France. See the BNF online catalog entry here.
Poster from 1925, and in the collection of the Bibliothèque nationale de France. See the BNF online catalog entry here.
Examples of other wine based quinine infusions from France, including several from Corsica, from the Exposition Universelle des Vins & Spiritueux
Examples of other wine based quinine infusions from France, including several from Corsica, from the Exposition Universelle des Vins & Spiritueux
1 comment:
Levi,
Do you recommend any wineries in the Santa Barbara and Santa Ynez valley? We'll be there for a week in April.
Thank you
Anu
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