Word: wined
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...nation entertains at home is also changing. The time when a host or hostess stocked up on whiskey for the winter, gin and tonic in summer, some bottles of white wine and a six-pack of beer year-round is gone. "I've had three cocktail parties recently," says Doris Yaffe, fashion and publicity < director for Saks Fifth Avenue in Boston. "I can't tell you how much liquor I was left with." The nation's caterers have seen hardliquor sales drop from more than half to less than one-quarter of their business. New York City Caterer Donald Bruce...
...Wine and beer make up an additional 65%, and the rest is bottled water. Some older people, however, still like the stronger stuff. "Out of 300 wedding guests, 250 will drink wine, the other 50 hard drinks," says Toboni. "But the father of the bride still wants the full bar because he doesn't want to offend his cronies." As alcohol's role as a social lubricant diminishes, both the appointments and the guests' behavior moderate too. "I remember one office party in particular where they filled the water coolers with vodka and orange juice," says White. "Now people...
...back, the U.S. was temperate about alcohol, at least by comparison with many other nations where drinking is deeply woven into the fabric of social life. Changes now are also visible abroad. Thanks to a government sobriety pitch and a burgeoning fitness trend, in 1984 French consumption of table wine was down 4% from the year before. Diabolo Menthe (mint-flavored fizzy lemonade) and Brut de Pomme (a cider) are the latest nonalcoholic quaffs at cafes. "People used to drink wine with their meals as a matter of course," Claude Vilain, of France's Committee for Health Education, says...
Rapid reversals in public temperament may be a social reality, but they are not to everyone's taste. Julia Child speaks for many when she says, "A glass of wine is part of civilized life. But we're inclined in this country to go overboard on everything. I believe in moderation in all things." Whether with a small glass of water, wine or something harder, the proposition deserves a hearty toast...
...returned to the U.S. last year after four years in Central America. "The newspapers were filled with articles on tougher drunken-driving legislation," he says. "Roadblocks that I equated with military searches for antigovernment guerrillas were being used by U.S. police to catch violators. And everyone was drinking wine, mineral water and fruit juices...