{"product_id":"lake-erie-wine-co-sandusky-ohio","title":"Lake Erie Wine Co Ohio Sherry Wine Sandusky Ohio bottle 1900s–1910s","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLake Erie Wine Co Sandusky Ohio Sherry bottle 1900s–1910s very rare bottle empty from about 1906-19 Label presents well slight soiling (see pictures)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDate range: about 1906–1919.\u003c\/strong\u003e The small shoulder label seems to end with a reference to the Food and Drugs Act of June 30, 1906. That was the first federal pure-food law, and producers of that period often printed \"Guaranteed under the Food and Drugs Act, June 30, 1906\" on their labels. Ohio went dry in 1919, ahead of national Prohibition. So your bottle almost certainly falls in that roughly 13-year window. The \"Incorporated\" \/ \"Co. Inc.\" wording fits that period too.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe trademark\u003c\/strong\u003e in the center roundel is a wooden basket-style wine press flanked by grape clusters, with \"L.E.W.CO.\" (Lake Erie Wine Co.) on the base. It's a nicely printed label, and the Art Nouveau scrollwork frame is typical of the 1900s–1910s.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\"Ohio Sherry\"\u003c\/strong\u003e wasn't sherry in the Spanish sense. American wineries of that era sold \"sherry,\" \"port,\" and \"claret\" as style names. Lake Erie sherries were usually fortified, sweetish, amber wines made from native or hybrid grapes like Catawba. The back label appears to mention the Lake Erie islands, which were the heart of the local grape country.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe bottle\u003c\/strong\u003e is a tall amber hock\/Rhine-style bottle, roughly 13½–14 inches by your tape. The neck still has the cork and remnants of the original capsule or seal.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Lake Erie Wine Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54223696855337,"sku":null,"price":300.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0969\/9052\/7785\/files\/20260923_114925.jpg?v=1790208074","url":"https:\/\/captainaero.com\/products\/lake-erie-wine-co-sandusky-ohio","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}