Found a bottle while shoveling and it has a few features that I'd throw to someone else for help. The internet couldn't solve my answers.
First, it's a clear bottle (looks to be 4/5 quart, but doesn't say so) with no screw top; must have had cork. Second, it has the obligatory post-prohibition jargon "Federal Law Forbids bla bla bla" embossed just below the neck. OK, it really doesn't say bla, bla, bla, I
just get tired of writing it out. Third, at the base of the bottle (forget the technical name for this area of the bottle, forgive me) it says "Jose Barardo", the maker I assume, and underneath that Bombarral-Portugal, a city in Portugal where Jose must have had his operation. Finally, there is nothing stamped on the bottom of the bottle (that term I do know).
All I could learn from the internet was that the city of Bombarral, like most in Portugal, does have a wine making industry. And I was able to find a Barardo trademark that was filed in the US, but has since expired. Unfortunately, the trademark has no mention of Jose, and I suspect this is a red herring. Finally, there is this multi-gazillionare named Jose Berardo (not Barardo) who has a history in the wine business, but the name is spelled wrong. Interestingly, I have found a connection between one of his mega-ventures that not only includes wine making (Quinta dos Loridos), but is located in Bombarral-Portugal. I don't know when the operation was started, especially the wine making bit, but that's next on my list.
Question: If the bottle did contain wine, why it have the FED warning embossed? To my knowledge, wines (imported or US) were not required to carry this warning. Could someone please confirm?
Is it possible that Jose changed his last name from Barardo to Berardo? I've tried researching that, but no luck. Maybe he's in witness protection![]
First, it's a clear bottle (looks to be 4/5 quart, but doesn't say so) with no screw top; must have had cork. Second, it has the obligatory post-prohibition jargon "Federal Law Forbids bla bla bla" embossed just below the neck. OK, it really doesn't say bla, bla, bla, I
All I could learn from the internet was that the city of Bombarral, like most in Portugal, does have a wine making industry. And I was able to find a Barardo trademark that was filed in the US, but has since expired. Unfortunately, the trademark has no mention of Jose, and I suspect this is a red herring. Finally, there is this multi-gazillionare named Jose Berardo (not Barardo) who has a history in the wine business, but the name is spelled wrong. Interestingly, I have found a connection between one of his mega-ventures that not only includes wine making (Quinta dos Loridos), but is located in Bombarral-Portugal. I don't know when the operation was started, especially the wine making bit, but that's next on my list.
Question: If the bottle did contain wine, why it have the FED warning embossed? To my knowledge, wines (imported or US) were not required to carry this warning. Could someone please confirm?
Is it possible that Jose changed his last name from Barardo to Berardo? I've tried researching that, but no luck. Maybe he's in witness protection![]