Tiny's Guide to Enjoying Wine, California 1945

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Tiny's Guide to Enjoying Wine, California 1945Prohibition had seen the decimation of the Californian wine industry. In 1919 there were 2500 wineries. By 1933 there were less than 100 still in existence. The late 1930s saw wineries begin to grow again but WW2 halted any serious growth. 1944 saw the formation of the Napa Valley Vintners Association and a new confidence in the future of Californian wine was abroad. It was time for local restaurateurs to educate the public about the pleasures of wine

a charge of 75 cents to $1 per person was levied to cover the cost of entertainment at the weekend and the festivities at the Music Bar went on till 4am nightly

The artwork is drawn with a craft-like sensibility and features indigenous people preparing food while being serenaded by local musicians on the shore

main courses that included frogs legs and terrapin as well as beef and lamb

America plunged into an orgy of Early American and Environmentalist design influences

The law school opens the tea room once a year to the public

They had a quarrel one day

Other notable guests over the years included Charles Dickens

Director of the Culinary Historians of Northern California

claiming to be reviving "the world's oldest and finest fish restaurant"

and was one of the windy city's best loved restaurants

This is lovely vintage menu cover art from the Santos Maru

By 1917 coffee houses were booming in England

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