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Champagne at the Signing of the 21st Amendment

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The very helpful Margie Healy at Korbel sent me this photo today of the very case of champagne that they sent to the White House for the toast of the end of prohibition.

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Posted by Paul Cloutier on December 4th, 2008
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Cocktailiana » Blog Archive » What America Needs Now is a Drink! Says:
December 5th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
[...] prohibition and they sent the first post-prohibition case to the White House for the celebration. They claim on the tour at the winery that he did in fact toast the end with a glass of Korbel Sec. Incidentally, I [...]

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