{"id":30446,"date":"2020-05-17T12:59:59","date_gmt":"2020-05-17T10:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wfi-global-staging.com\/topwineold\/?p=30446"},"modified":"2021-01-25T17:41:56","modified_gmt":"2021-01-25T15:41:56","slug":"on-prohibition-the-usa-100-years-ago-vs-south-africa-in-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wfi-global-staging.com\/topwineold\/2020\/05\/on-prohibition-the-usa-100-years-ago-vs-south-africa-in-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"On Prohibition: the USA 100 years ago vs South Africa in 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-30450\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wfi-global-staging.com\/topwineold\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Liquor-store-closures-force-drinkers-to-seek-booze-options-1280x720-1.jpg?resize=200%2C134&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wfi-global-staging.com\/topwineold\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Liquor-store-closures-force-drinkers-to-seek-booze-options-1280x720-1.jpg?resize=300%2C201&ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wfi-global-staging.com\/topwineold\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Liquor-store-closures-force-drinkers-to-seek-booze-options-1280x720-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C685&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wfi-global-staging.com\/topwineold\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Liquor-store-closures-force-drinkers-to-seek-booze-options-1280x720-1.jpg?resize=768%2C514&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wfi-global-staging.com\/topwineold\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Liquor-store-closures-force-drinkers-to-seek-booze-options-1280x720-1.jpg?w=1073&ssl=1 1073w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>&#8220;THERE WE WERE, just thinking that this current prohibition, imposed under the guise of limiting the spread of Covid, was about to end with Wednesday's presidential announcement [13 May 2020].&#8221;<\/em> By &#8216;Wine Wizard' Michael <a href=\"https:\/\/winewizard.co.za\/team\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>Fridjhon<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.port2port.wine\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>Port2Port<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, seven weeks into the lockdown imposed by the South African government on 27 March 2020 to limit Coronavirus infections, to flatten the curve&#8230; A good read, albeit a little depressing: <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/OnProhibition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>click here<\/strong>.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"topwi-249762943\" class=\"topwi-after-content topwi-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ngf.co.za\/collections\/wine?utm_source=topwinesa.com&#038;utm_medium=Banner&#038;utm_campaign=General+Wine+Collection\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Norman Goodfellows &#8211; logo C\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wfi-global-staging.com\/topwineold\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Norman-Goodfellows-logo-C.jpg?fit=1987%2C481&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wfi-global-staging.com\/topwineold\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Norman-Goodfellows-logo-C.jpg?w=1987&ssl=1 1987w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wfi-global-staging.com\/topwineold\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Norman-Goodfellows-logo-C.jpg?resize=300%2C73&ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wfi-global-staging.com\/topwineold\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Norman-Goodfellows-logo-C.jpg?resize=1024%2C248&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wfi-global-staging.com\/topwineold\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Norman-Goodfellows-logo-C.jpg?resize=768%2C186&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wfi-global-staging.com\/topwineold\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Norman-Goodfellows-logo-C.jpg?resize=1536%2C372&ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wfi-global-staging.com\/topwineold\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Norman-Goodfellows-logo-C.jpg?resize=1320%2C320&ssl=1 1320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wfi-global-staging.com\/topwineold\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Norman-Goodfellows-logo-C.jpg?w=1720&ssl=1 1720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" width=\"900\" height=\"160\"   \/><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;THERE WE WERE, just thinking that this current prohibition, imposed under the guise of limiting the spread of Covid, was about to end with Wednesday&#8217;s presidential announcement [13 May 2020].&#8221; 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