Wine Collection (page 20)

Spanish Postman
A Spanish postman, delivering a letter to two ladies, wishes their papa would offer him a glass of wine

French Cellar Cafe 1822
A Parisian Cafe d Enfer or Infernal Cellar, a low-life night-spot where the wine flows free but frolics are apt to end in fisticuffs

Joyful Banquet 1549
A joyful banquet in full swing offers plenty of food and wine for all

Monks at Mealtime
Friday Though they have vowed to eat no meat on Friday, monks are allowed plenty of wine with their Friday meal of fish

Wine Workers Riot 1907
French wine growers riot at Beziers against doctored wine

E T W Hoffmann / Devrient
E T W HOFFMANN also known as E T A HOFFMANN (he took the name Amadeus when composing) writer and composer, with Devrient at Lutter & Wegeners wine bar, Berlin

Twisting Vine, Medoc
Women workers twisting the vines in the Medoc (Bordeaux) region

Abraham & Melchisedek
When Abraham returns from his victory over the four great kings who had attacked Sodom, Melchisedek, king of Salem (Jerusalem), welcomes him with bread and wine

ICE-BOX
The Spanish, it seems, use their ice-boxes chiefly to keep their wine cool and their fruit fresh

Roman Wagon
A Roman wagon used in Gaul, here employed to carry wine or water

Wine of the Cloisters
German monks entertain a visitor with the wine of the cloister, while one of their number accompanies the revelry on the lute

Old Pub Signs (Plate 1)
Various old pub signs: Baker, Dairy, Shoemaker, Wine Merchant, Two Jolly Brewers. (plate 1 in series)

Booze for Dad / Snow 1910
Little boy with large bottle of wine: - Its for Dad, but if he leaves any, you can have some

Advert / Australian Wine
A bunch of black grapes promoting Australian wine

Kaffirs shoot at Storm
Kaffirs fire their arrows at storm clouds in hope of saving their crops : French wine growers try similar methods

Saxon Wine Press
A Saxon wine press

Posada Drinking Scene
Wine is served during a card game in a posada, or Spanish bar

Visiting the Chateau Ad
An advertisement offering a visit to a chateau for the price of six francs

Champagne Vintage Time
Vintage in the champagne country

OLD KING COLE CRANE
He enjoys his pipe, he enjoys his bowl of wine, but most of all he enjoys his three fiddlers

Barrelmaker (Series)
Le tonnelier - BARREL-MAKER - putting the finishing touches to a wine-barrel

Wine Drinkers on Street
One street drinker to another: " I ve tried the best in my time... Its like I told you - its not the grand crus that give the best results"

Gossip about Fairies 10
Irish Little Folk - Shuan Long is transported by the Little People to Fairtyland, where he finds himself in a wine cellar

Champagne Liebig 6
Tasting the new vintage in the cellars at Reims card 6 of 6

Champagne Liebig 5
The wine is bottled and corked. card 5 of 6

Champagne Liebig 4
Fermentation takes place first in the huge cuves, for a few days, then in 200-litre barrels in which the wine stays fermenting until June. card 4 of 6

Champagne Liebig 3
Pressing the grapes card 3 of 6

Vintage Scene, France
The vintage in the vineyards of President Fallieres at Loupillon, Lot-et-Garonne

French Signwriter C18Th
A French signwriter astride a wooden plank pauses from painting a carved inn sign to accept a glass of red wine from a barmaid who leans precariously from a balcony. Date: 18th century

Dining Car 1930S
The dining carriage in the tramcar that runs from Dusseldorf to Krefeld

Romantic Dinner / Woof
Sultry brunette dinner date in strapless decollete evening gown, diamante necklace & earrings, lights her cigarette in a holder from a candle. Her man friend stands by

Dionysos (Tooke)
He rides his chariot, drawn by leopards, towards a vineyard

Roman Boats
Roman river boats used to carry casks, doubtless of wine

Shelves of Food
Shelves full of an incredible array of food, including bread, biscuits, fruit, eggs, crab, lobster, oysters, fish, sausages, a crown of lamb, meat, cheese, wine, cakes, &c

Portugese Wine Pruners
Portuguese vine pruners in traditional straw coats and hats, which throw off the rain like a thatched roof, Douro Valley, Portugal

Man with Picnic Table
A man sits down at a table in the open air and tucks into a roast

Pressing Grapes by Hand
In Bordeaux, France at this time they crushed grapes by hand using a long handled tool with 3 spokes (possibly like a potato masher) to extract the juice

Wine Press, 1870S
Type of grape press in use in Burgundy which used iron internals for extracting the juice

Hampton Court Vines
Two fashion models in trendy hats, picking grapes from the grape vines at Hampton Court, England

Wine Waiters Tools
A set of implements or tools for Wine Waiters that makers of wines and spirits could have made with their names on to be given away to waiters as a form of advertising

C18th Ladies Drinking
Three well-bred ladies in a walled garden partake of a glass or two of wine. One lady rises from her seat holding the other ladies by the hands to bid a fond farwell

Medieval Inn France
A carrier brings a wagon-load of wine to a French auberge in the middle ages

Halls Coca Wine
Coca Wine is made from a shrub cultivated in Bolivia and Peru, containing an alkaloid, the value of which cannot be overestimated. Yet it can be bought for only 2/6 a bottle

Wine, France
France - La vendange, harvesting grapes to be made into wine

Wwi Soldier on Leave
Before a French soldier on leave returns to the front, he takes a glass of wine with his parents; a toast is raised

Wine Cultivation / Egypt
Ancient Egyptian wine cultivation

Food and Drink / Wine / 1553
A vineyard during a hailstorm

Water to Wine
Invited to a wedding at Cana, in Galilee, he turns water into wine when his host runs out of refreshment

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