Otto von Bismarck at his breakfast table in Friedrichsruh, 1891. His “Red wine from Bordeaux is the natural beverage of northern Germans” in action (see bottles behind). Before the German Tariff Union (Zollunion) all German wine came overland and was taxed many times. Bordeaux wine came by sea, and was taxed only once
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