Gastronomy 2021 Catalogue

48 B a u m a n R a r e B o o k s G a s t r o n o m y 2 0 2 1 “A Beautiful Product Of The Earth And Sun And The Wit And Toil Of Man” 52. SCHENLEY WINE AND SPIRIT IMPORT CORPORATION. Schenley Presents. New York, 1933. Folio, signatures loose as issued, original half cloth portfolio. $1200. Click for more info Lovely 1933 trade promotional piece for Schenley’s imported brands of wine, champagne, and liqueurs, with numerous color plates, including Barton & Guestier, Noilly Prat, Dubonnet, Gonzalez Byass, as well as a 20-page “Handbook to Wine.” The finely printed 20-page educational piece “A Handbook to Wine” classifies wines, provides an overview of the aesthetics of wine and the “Great Wines of the World,” with discussions of etiquette, suggested menus, appropriate wine glasses, and the arrangement of a wine cellar. Schenley imported and represented the following brands into the United States: Gonzalez Byass (sherry), Barton & Guestier (wine), Charles Heidsieck (champagne), D. Leiden (Rhine wine), Casa Vinicola Barone Ricasoli (chianti), Power Drury (madeira), Noilly Prat (vermouth), Dubonnet (liqueur), Liqueur Grande Chartreuse (liqueur), Les Fils de P. Bardinet (liqueur), Francesco Drioli (cherry liqueur), Peter F. Heering (cherry liqueur), J.H. Henkes (gin), Morlant (champagne), and Francis Palugyay (tokay), and Bacardi (rum), each represented by at least a full-page folio illustrated promotional piece, many with a four-page (or longer) folio brochure with color illustrations. In addition to importing, Schenley distilled its own brands of whiskey in the 1940s; the company was purchased by Guinness in 1987. A bit of minor dust-soiling, without one cloth tie. Near-fine condition.