Wine Château Loudenne Médoc Gironde & Gilbey's Claret, Large 1870s Antique Print

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Seller: xajagirl ✉️ (3,140) 100%, Location: Lake Villa, Illinois, US, Ships to: WORLDWIDE & many other countries, Item: 186363507346 Wine Château Loudenne Médoc Gironde & Gilbey's Claret, Large 1870s Antique Print.

Rare original antique print from an 1870s illustrated journal. It depicts two views of the wine supply in England. The top shows the Chateau Loudenne winery in the Médoc, in Saint-Yzans-de-Médoc in Gironde. The bottom pictures shows the Claret warehouse storage at Messrs. Gilbey's liquor establishment

Gilbeys' brought wine to the middle and lower middle classes of London. The heavy duty then levied by the British government on French, Portuguese and Spanish wines made them too costly for English middle classes, and especially lower middle classes, which could only afford beer. Henry Gilbey believed these classes would gladly drink wine if they could get it at a moderate price. He was determined to push the sales of colonial, and particularly of Cape, wines, on which the duty was comparatively light and opened a small retail business 1857. The Cape wines proved popular, and within three years the brothers had 20,000 customers on their books. Grocers who dealt in the Gilbeys'wines and spirits were not allowed to sell those of any other firm, and the Gilbeys in return handed over to him all their existing customers in his district. This arrangement was of mutual advantage, and the Gilbeys' business increased rapidly.

The print is very large (folio size), measuring approximately 11 x 15 inches (28 x 38 cm). The picture fills most of it, measuring about 9 x 13 inches, with a caption below it.

The page is in excellent condition for its age. There is text/photos on the back of the print. See scan for an accurate view of the condition.

This print will come with a Certificate of Authenticity.
 

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  • Type: Print
  • Subject: Wine
  • Style: Realism
  • Size Type/Largest Dimension: Medium (Up to 30in.)
  • Print Type: Engraving
  • Original/Reproduction: Original Print
  • Date of Creation: 1800-1899
  • Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
  • Year of Production: 1870s

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