DRINK IMPERIALLY
VIRTUES OF EMPIRE WINES
(Received 17th February, 1.30 p.m.) LONDON, 16th February.' Mr. Philip Page, in the article in the "Standard" on the plea "Brink Imperially," says that Empire wines have ceased to be the sport of humorists; He urges their purveyors to dispense with proclaiming their medicinal properties. . Anyone proclaiming " their superiority as such to the champagne, claret, and burgundy of France, the port of Portugal, the sherry of Spain, and the hock of Germany is an egregious ass, damaging the cause he is espousing. The best wines of those countries are supreme, but much is poor. On the contrary, the Empire's preserve a steady level, but do not receive fail- play by the public nor the English, wine trade associations, which do not recognise them. There is more snobbery in wine-drinking than in any form of gratifying the senses. Millions smack their lips over expensive inferior European tipple and sneeringly dismiss something . four times as good I because it is labelled Empire.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 40, 17 February 1932, Page 7
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166DRINK IMPERIALLY Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 40, 17 February 1932, Page 7
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