[Governor Dinwiddie]

Tastes like vinegar.

[al baby]

I bet in a 150 years or so someone will find a couple semis full of fireworks that were to celebrate Hilary’s election to POTUS

[Rusty0604]

Cool.

[mrreaganaut]

Madeira ping!!!

[TChad]

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[Daffynition]

Aren't you supposed to give the bottle a 1/2 turn every month, or so?

[Tennessee Nana]

John Adams wasn’t president in 1796...

does the author mean George Washington ???

or is that the date on the wine ???

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Recessional of the Sons of the American Revolution:
“Until we meet again, let us remember our obligations to our
forefathers who gave us our Constitution, the Bill of Rights,
an independent Supreme Court and a nation of free men.”

Dr. Benjamin Franklin, when asked if we had a republic or a monarchy, replied "A Republic, if you can keep it."

[Songcraft]

Here's a John Adams wine stopper they could use for the bottle...

      

[Jane Long]

Nice!!

[Tanniker Smith]

Read about this. Thought it was a great find. I wonder if they’ll actually try to open any of it

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

The trade in Port wine was controlled by the British. After the separation with Britain true patriots would not drink Port. Instead, as an act of patriotism, they drank Madeira.

This was probably just as well. Juice from Pokeweed berries was sometimes used to dye the wine, and sometimes a rabbit was introduced to a cask of aging port to “smooth it out.”