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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D360/G/4/4
Former ReferenceD360/UL/Box 18
TitleCopy of essay entitled "New Wines from Old Lands: Palestine Ports Clarets", Charles Wright and Son Ltd
Date1901
DescriptionCopyright 1901. Handwritten essay over 11 pages by Strephon. Covering an assessment of the mentions of wine and spirits in holy writ, the nature of the grapes and the land, modern vineyards as tourist attractions, Charles Wright and Sons importing cheap but high class wines, ports and clarets and Charles Wright and Son "should go far democratising the use of wine in England".
Extent1 item
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorCharles Wright and Son Ltd, Wine and Spirit Merchants, Wirksworth
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