Wine List(1854, 1855); Fortified Wine(1874); Ice Wine(1953); Jug Wine(1971)

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WINE LIST

   OED has "wine list" from George Bernard Shaw's 1898 play, YOU NEVER CAN TELL.


  COLLEGE COMMENCEMENTS; Yale College Baccalaureate Address--Pal Upsilon Convention--Concle ad Clerum--Alumnl Meeting.. ; Correspondence of the New-York Daily Times.; New York Daily Times (1851-1857), New York, N.Y.; Jul 27, 1855; pg. 3, 1 pgs
("One curiousity of the bill of fare we must not omit to notice,--it was got up with the profoundest respect to the Prohibitory Liquor Law of the State--there was no wine list."  NO WINE AT YALE??--ed.)

  THE BLACK WARRIOR AFFAIR.; Full and Authentic Statement of Facts. ; New York Daily Times (1851-1857), New York, N.Y.; May 29, 1854; pg. 3, 1 pgs
(The "wine list" here is the context of a ship's holdings--ed.)


   6 December 1856, BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE, pg. 3:
   In the meantime, guests at the Delavan House will please look on the back of the bill-of-fare at the dinner table for the wine list, and order up such brands as suit them best.

   6 August 1857, BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE, pg. 2:
MANSION HOUSE, BROOKLYN, AUGUST 5TH, 1857.
(...)
   WINE LIST.


(MAKING OF AMERICA-MICHIGAN, BOOKS database)
Author: [Underhill, Edward Fitch] 1830-1898.
Title: The history and records of the Elephant club; comp. from authentic documents now in possession of the Zoèological society. By Knight Russ Ockside, M. D. [pseud.] and Q. K. Philander Doesticks, P. B. [pseud.]
Publication date: 1857.
("He then opened his bill of fare at the wine-list, and after puzzling for some time over the names, put his finger in the middle, and told the waiter he would 'have some of that.'")

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FORTIFIED WINE

  OED and Merriam-Webster have 1906 for "fortified wine."


  WASTING PRECIOUS TIME; ANOTHER DAY DEVOTED TO THE PAYNE SCANDAL. A VOTE TO BE REACHED TO-DAY ON THE INVESTIGATION--THE SESSION OF THE HOUSE DAWDLED AWAY.; New York Times (1857-Current file), New York, N.Y.; Jul 23, 1886; pg. 1, 1 pgs
("The bill to abrogate the Hawaiian treaty, that to make effective the Mexican treaty, one for regulating the tax on fortified wines, and several others were laid aside in turn.")

  THE MANUFACTURE OF SHERRY.; New York Times (1857-Current file), New York, N.Y.; Jan 3, 1874; pg. 4, 1 pgs
("Even these advocates of the fortified wine admit, however, that port an sherry never enter the London docks with less than thirty-eight to forty-two per cent. 'proof-spirit' or alcohol.")

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ICE WINE

  OED has 1963 for "ice wine."  Merriam-Webster has 1967?


  News of Food; Britain Bids for U. S. Kipper Market -- 'Edinburger' Is Skinned, Boned, Frozen ; By JANE NICKERSON; New York Times (1857-Current file), New York, N.Y.; Mar 9, 1953; pg. 26, 1 pgs
("_Ice Wine From Germany._ ... It is an eiswein (literally, ice wine) from one of the greatest German vineyards, the Schloss Johannisberg. ... The eiswein, to return to it, is slightly sweet with a dry finish and with the characteristic, marked bouquet of the fine German white wines.")

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JUG WINE

   Merriam-Webster has 1972 for "jug wine."


  Display Ad 49 -- No Title; The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973), Washington, D.C.; Nov 29, 1971; pg. A23, 1 pgs
("GALLON IMPORTED SPANISH 'JUG WINE'")

  Good Things Come in Big Jugs; Consumer; By Peter Weaver; The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973), Washington, D.C.; Nov 21, 1971; pg. 108, 1 pgs
("For example, some excellent bargains can be found in the so-called 'American jug wines' sold in gallon or half-gallon bottles.")