Stones Original Green Ginger Wine 70cl

Product Description

The root of Stones Original Ginger wine dates back to 1740 when a company called the Finsbury Distilling Company was founded in the city of London. During this era the drinks business was booming & distilleries were flourishing across London. There was widespread drunkenness & it was beginning to cause concern & in 1751 an act was passed to prohibit the selling of alcohol direct from distillers to the public. Finsbury distilling company needed to get a retailer & they chose Joseph Stones, a green grocer in Holborn. They begun to make ginger wine & it was know to be ginger Joe so the company adopted this name for this ginger wine. Made from the finest top quality raisins & pure ground ginger, Stone's Ginger wine quickly became the flagship product for the company. Sales boomed in the 19th century mainly because of an epidemic & many thought that ginger was a cure. It was also believed that it helped with digestion & was an aphrodisiac. The company continued to grow even when Joe retired & his son came into the business as an apprentice sales man, who travelled the world spreading the name of Ginger Joe wines.