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Happy Stands: Happy Canyon of Santa Barbara Becomes an Official AVA

Posted: July 22, 2010
by Arianna Armstrong

Dierberg Star Lane Vineyards On January 16, 1919 the Eighteenth Amendment (Amendment XVIII) and the Volstead Act went into effect in the United States. The ratification of these acts of Congress prohibited the consumption of “intoxicating liquors”, except for use in medicine, church rituals and up to 200 gallons per year of personal, home consumption. As one might expect, Prohibition was fairly controversial and not wholly embraced by the people. The public’s demand for hooch led to...

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