Here is a reminder from around the 1930s/1940s that back in the times, wine was not taboo at all for children. You can see this through a few sketches and cartoons by a prolific artist named Germaine Bouret. She was born in France in the early 20th century, had an English mother; she was attracted by drawing very early and had good entrepreneurial skills, leading to the large scale distribution of her drawings through her publishing company. I read that she got an offer by Walt Disney in the early 1940s but refused and when she died he said she was the best cartoonist in the world... I have posted one of them a year ago or two on another platform but thought that would be nice to see all the ones I have on this theme.
I have also written more extensively on the issue of children & wine in this story with unearthed pictures showing how wine was routinely served to children until the 1970s, even if it was a diluted kind of wine, I'd say making 5 to 7 % alcohol (just a guess, adults were routinely drinking table wine that had 8 or 9 % alc. content back then in the first half of the 20th century and before). These cartoons remind us how touchy we've become on this issue, the late 20th century having birthed not only censorship-loving political correctness but this intolerant hygienist mindset that prohibits lots of things ultimately quite healthy when in reasonable amounts... Enjoy !
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