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History

The drinks' origins date back to the 1740's and that decade's wide public availability of distilled alcoholic drinks. The drunkenness and anti-social behaviour of this period which was resultant of the easy availability of these drinks caused widespread moral outrage and panic, leading to the 1751 Excise Act; an act which forbade the retail of distilled spirits directly from the distillery to the public. Events Adam Smith is appointed professor of logic at the University of Glasgow March 25 - For the last time, New Years Day is legally on March 25 in England and Wales. ... Distillation is a means of separating liquids through differences in their boiling points. ...

The first documented appearance of Ginger Wine occurred with with the foundation of 'The Finsbury Distilling Company' based in the City of London in 1740. The Finsbury Distilling Company, like other distillers, had to build a retail network in order to comply with the 1751 law. Of their customers Joseph Stone, a grocer of High Holborn, was one of the most prominent and important customer of the distillers, and as such, had his name given to their Ginger Wine. Finsbury is a place in the south of the London Borough of Islington. ... Coat of arms The City of London is a small area in Greater London. ... Events May 31 - Friedrich II comes to power in Prussia upon the death of his father, Friedrich Wilhelm I. October 20 - Maria Theresia of Austria inherits the Habsburg hereditary dominions (Austria, Bohemia, Hungary and present-day Belgium). ... Events Adam Smith is appointed professor of logic at the University of Glasgow March 25 - For the last time, New Years Day is legally on March 25 in England and Wales. ... Holborn (pronounced ho-bun or ho-burn) is a place in London, named after a tributary to the river Fleet that flowed through the area, the Hole-bourne (the stream in the hollow). ...

The production method has changed little from its' first distillation, as it is today, from fine quality raisins and pure ground ginger, and soon Stone's Ginger Wine quickly became the flagship of The Finsbury Distilling Company's British wines division.

In 1832, sales were boosted by a cholera epidemic and a widely held belief that ginger offered protection against the disease; it has also been hailed as an aid to digestion and as an effective aphrodisiac. Cholera is a water-borne disease caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae, which is typically ingested by drinking contaminated water, or by eating improperly cooked fish, especially shellfish. ... An aphrodisiac is an agent which acts on the mind and causes the arousal of the mood of sexual desire. ...

Today it is still produced and is widely available through most licensed premises (though its' use as a aphrodisiac today is less well-documented).

Serving Suggestions

Ginger Wine can be drank on its own or over ice, but it is most famously drunk as a 'Whisky Mac' when mixed with whisky. Ginger Wine can also be drank with lemonade or other mixers such as ginger ale.

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