Calling all Geezers: What WERE Virginia Dare Wines (NY State?)?

[Botafogo]

A customer just presented us with a Tenth Anniversary gift of a framed magazine ad from the late fifties or early sixties with Peter Lore as a pitchman for Virginia Dare Wine (a division of Garret & Co), saying "Fancy Wine Experts slay me" while snooty uniformed sommeliers with tastevins and goatees taste some nice looking Burgundies behind him. He goes on to say, "There is no boring, pompous talk about GOOD YEARS or BOUQUETS in my home. I just open a bottle of Virginia Dare Wine--red or white-- and pour a friendly glass...it sure tases good."

The customer added a caption that reads "A shame he didn't know about the folks at WINE EXPO, Happy 10th!" Gotta love folks like that...

Anyone know about this juice?

Roberto

[This message has been edited by Botafogo (edited 08-16-2003).]