PORT
WHY ENGLISHMEN DRINK IT.
An old instance of trade preference which explained why Englishmen drink port rather than claret was cited toy Mr Amery, the Colonial Secretary, in speaking at the annual dinner of the Bradford and iDstrict Manufacturers’ Federation.
“ Do you realise,” asked Mr Amery, “ why people of this country ’have for two centuries and more been drinkers of port wine?” We were made drinkers of port, he said, in the interests of the woollen industry. Previously we had been drinkers of claret, but under a treaty by which the Portuguese gave us their Shipping trade to the East and a “ favoured ” entry for our woollens into Portugal, we gave, in return,' a favour to port wine instead of to the claret which we used to drink, and in those days port was pretty poor stuff !
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Waipa Post, Volume XXIV, Issue 1638, 7 May 1925, Page 2
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