The things you find in a kitchen drawer...

[Thomas]

Ok Guru, here's the real history in a nutshell:

In 1839, Jean Jaques established Blooming Grove Winery, in Washingtonville, NY.


In 1859, the Brocton Wine Cellars was founded in the Lake Erie district of NY State.

In 1867 a man named Thomas Harris was the leader of a spiritual group called The New Brotherhood of Life. They made wine too, first in Duchess County and then at Brocton, NY alongside Brocton Wine Cellars, in Lake Erie.

Harris ultimately left for California and Brotherhood of Life wines were then handled by some NY wine merchants.

In the 1870s, when Jacque's family sold Blooming Grove, it went to the NY merchants that dealt with the Brocton Brotherhood. The merchants changed Blooming Grove's name to the Brotherhood Winery.




[This message has been edited by foodie (edited 01-26-2005).]