Excerpt from The Blood of the Grape: The Wine Trade Text BookLiquor Traffic or Drink Trade. You belong to the Wine Trade, a very ancient trade which has ¿ourished in all parts Of the world since the earliest days of civilisation, a trade which has never been carried on successfully without both ability and means, a trade which necessitates much capital, more knowledge and the most scrupulous honesty.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.