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  • Vine Glo Thanks for the warning

    From Ed P@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jun 7 19:31:41 2025
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vine-Glo

    When Prohibition banned alcohol in the United States under the Volstead
    Act, it produced a number of loopholes. One under section 29 said that non-alcoholic grape products could still be sold and people could make
    fruit juices at home from them. The CVA founded Fruit Industries and
    received a $1,300,000 loan from the Federal Farm Board.[3] Joseph Gallo,
    father of vintners Ernest and Julio Gallo, invented Vine-Glo as a legal
    grape concentrate brick and would sell it through Fruit Industries.[4]
    The product was advertised with tips for preventing fermentation,[5]
    with one salesperson giving customers a very specific warning: "Do not
    place the liquid in this jug and put it away in the cupboard for
    twenty-one days, because then it would turn into wine

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  • From Hank Rogers@21:1/5 to Ed P on Sat Jun 7 18:43:07 2025
    Ed P wrote on 6/7/2025 6:31 PM:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vine-Glo

    When Prohibition banned alcohol in the United States under the Volstead
    Act, it produced a number of loopholes. One under section 29 said that non-alcoholic grape products could still be sold and people could make
    fruit juices at home from them. The CVA founded Fruit Industries and
    received a $1,300,000 loan from the Federal Farm Board.[3] Joseph Gallo, father of vintners Ernest and Julio Gallo, invented Vine-Glo as a legal
    grape concentrate brick and would sell it through Fruit Industries.[4]
    The product was advertised with tips for preventing fermentation,[5]
    with one salesperson giving customers a very specific warning: "Do not
    place the liquid in this jug and put it away in the cupboard for
    twenty-one days, because then it would turn into wine


    Sounds like something Gallo would say.

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  • From Jill McQuown@21:1/5 to Ed P on Sun Jun 8 06:38:54 2025
    On 6/7/2025 7:31 PM, Ed P wrote:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vine-Glo

    When Prohibition banned alcohol in the United States under the Volstead
    Act, it produced a number of loopholes. One under section 29 said that non-alcoholic grape products could still be sold and people could make
    fruit juices at home from them. The CVA founded Fruit Industries and
    received a $1,300,000 loan from the Federal Farm Board.[3] Joseph Gallo, father of vintners Ernest and Julio Gallo, invented Vine-Glo as a legal
    grape concentrate brick and would sell it through Fruit Industries.[4]
    The product was advertised with tips for preventing fermentation,[5]
    with one salesperson giving customers a very specific warning: "Do not
    place the liquid in this jug and put it away in the cupboard for twenty-
    one days, because then it would turn into wine


    :) The Volstead Act was one of the most idiotic laws ever. It gave
    rise to organized crime like never before. I was told my grandfather
    (or maybe it was my great grandfather) brewed beer in the basement. It
    was not illegal to buy the grains and hops which can be used to make beer.

    Jill

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