Prohibition Era, (1931) Fruit Industries Wine, Embossed Wine Bottle, 4/5 quart

Description: Scroll down to the bottom for combined shipping policy Prohibition era wine bottle, clear, 4/5th quart. Embossed: FRUIT INDUSTRIES LTD, FRUIT INDUSTRIES WINE, (STAR on reverse),(on heel) 4/5 QUART, REFILLING PROHIBITED BY LAW, (on base) I in a diamond & O entwined (Owens Illinois Glass Company beginning 1929), 4 to the left (plant code, Clarksburg, WV), 1 (date code I assume to be 1931) to the right, 6 below (mold number). Threaded top, metal band attached on neck. River find, minor abrasions one small lip chip as shown in the photos The following is credited to: Wine History Project of San Luis Obispo County “Fruit Industries was born because of necessity, in trying to find a utilization for the wine grapes in the state of California rather than just let them hang on the vines with no use. Now the reason there was no use was that we had Prohibition and the wineries could not sell their products. The main thought behind this program was that the grapes could be made into concentrate and thereby kept in a fresh form, without fermentation taking place…“It would be delivered to the consumer’s home in the concentrated form in a barrel, then the water added at the home and then inoculated with wine yeast, and fermentation would take place and develop the reconstituted grape juice into wine. The concentrates were blended beforehand by the use of varieties of grapes to produce the different types of wine that one may desire. A serviceman would come to your home and rack that juice off of the barrel and filter it and bottle it for you in your home, and you had wine. Whatever you may have ordered – port, muscatel, sherry, or burgundy, or sauterne.“This was a nationwide marketing effort…It was sponsored in part by the Federal government; they lent this organization $20,000,000 to install the equipment to effect the concentration of the grape juice. At that time Mrs. Mabel Willebrandt was Assistant Attorney General for the United States, and she was also later the attorney for Fruit Industries. And so the company had a good relationship with the Federal Government in trying to take advantage of one part of the law that allowed which head of the family to make in his home 200 gallons of wine.“Was there a trade name for this product? Yes, Vine-Glo. And we had the labels, and we did a complete job in the person’s home, even to the point of corking, putting the foil on, wrapping in tissue paper, and laying it on your shelf. And the price of a unit of, which was a five-gallon unit of say, port wine, for instance, cost you $18.75 for five gallons.“My word! How many visits did the serviceman have to make? Generally three visits and then its final completion. It was done very scientifically. We had very fine chemist in Fruit Industries that established all procedures, Dr. John R. Eoff, who was originally, I believe, and had gained considerable experience with the Canadian Wineries, Limited in Canada. And he was a scientific winemaker, with all the knowledge of chemistry and what it embodied…And he is the one that established the Fruit Industries laboratories at 82 Second Street here in San Francisco. Through him we acquired a group of chemists at that point – Vic Enders, who later was associated with Italian Swiss Colony; Mr. E.M. Brown, who later became associated with Shewan-Jones and then with Christian Brothers; Mr. Fellers, who became associated with Garrett & Company in New York; and possibly one or two more, and myself. Men that were possible at that time, the best knowledgeable men available in the state of California to do what we were going to try to do. In putting things together to produce wine in the home. SHIPPING AND COMBINED SHIPPING SHIPPING IS A LARGE FACTOR IN THE COST OF THE ITEMS I LIST. THE AVERAGE COST PER ITEM DECREASES SIGNIFICANTLY WHEN MORE THAN ONE ITEM IS PURCHASED AND SHIPPING IS COMBINED. IF MORE THAN ONE ITEM IS PURCHASED, I WILL WORK WITH YOU TO GET THE SHIPPING CHARGE AS LOW AS POSSIBLE. MESSAGE ME AND WE CAN WORK OUT THE DETAILS SO YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE CHARGE WILL BE. ALSO, I MAY HAVE MULTIPLES OF SOME OF THE ITEMS I HAVE LISTED, IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN SEVERAL OF A CERTAIN TYPE BOTTLE OR JAR, MESSAGE ME AND I WILL CHECK MY INVENTORY. In general, when purchasing more than one item the shipping costs are calculated at the shipping price of the item with the highest shipping cost, plus $1 for each additional item purchased. (When possible I will additionally lower the shipping price). All orders are shipped within 24 hrs. of purchase except on the weekends and if I can get a package out on Saturday I will. All packages will be securely and safely packaged to insure the orders arrive as listed. I will be quick to answer questions and will strive to provide honest and fair service to customers.

Price: 18 USD

Location: Marlinton, West Virginia

End Time: 2024-12-07T14:51:11.000Z

Shipping Cost: 6 USD