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This issue of ardent spirits is brought to you in part by the good folk at Dubonnet so we thought we'd better bring you some info on this fine aperitif wine. Okay?
You just gotta keep the sponsor types happy, you know, but anyone who sponsors this newsletter has to give us permission to write whatever we feel like writing about their product. This narrows our prospective sponsors, of course, since certain brands wouldn't want us to let you know what we think about them, but the people who promote the stuff that we like are pretty happy with this arrangement, so please read on and we'll try to keep it interesting, pertinent, and useful.
The Night Club Era, 1933, is a grand old book written by Stanley Walker. We found this nice little Dubonnet quotation in there. Think you might like this:
“Jim Brincker, as a tolerant paternalist, was in the tradition of the great saloon-keepers of pre-prohibition America . . . [During prohibition] Jim gave a big dinner in his place for a visiting member of the Department of Justice staff from Washington. He served Dubonnet cocktails . . . The guests included three prohibition agents, two wholesale bootleggers, two proprietors of other speakeasies, and two unidentified men of importance. They agreed that Jim was ‘the greatest guy in the world,’ and who, in the circumstances, wouldn’t?”
A Blast from the Past: Princess Created on 2 ounces calvados 1 ounce dry vermouth 1 ounce Dubonnet Stir over ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. ories have been advanced which suggest a combination of causes and effects. Earlier statements, made when there were more procedural questions, have been reviewed, and consideration is being given to their weight.
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