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NOTE the first upload of this video had the audio corrupted about 2/3 of the way through, the video was recompiled to this version. This video shows a very easy method of making root beer at home in 2 liter bottles, simple recipe, 5 minutes to make, 2 or 3 days to process, then chill and serve.

From 1966 (though it SAYS 1965). When the Beatles visit a French wine-making village, Ringo spills their large vat of crushed grapes — an entire month’s harvest wasted! How can they refill the vat in just two hours? The energizing power of “I’m Down”! Noteworthy: The animators apparently had seen the TV special “The Beatles at Shea Stadium”, showing John playing the keyboard with his elbow during this song, as they re-create that event here. Ringo calling himself “that little old wine-spiller — me!” alludes to a TV commercial campaign of the time for Italian Swiss Colony Wine, featuring a man who calls himself “that little old winemaker — me!” This ad series is also referred to in the 1967 Looney Tune “Fiesta Fiasco”, where Daffy Duck calls himself “that little old rain-maker — me!”

From 1966 (though it SAYS 1965). When the Beatles visit a French wine-making village, Ringo spills their large vat of crushed grapes — an entire month’s harvest wasted! How can they refill the vat in just two hours? The energizing power of “I’m Down”! Noteworthy: The animators apparently had seen the TV special “The Beatles at Shea Stadium”, showing John playing the keyboard with his elbow during this song, as they re-create that event here. Ringo calling himself “that little old wine-spiller — me!” alludes to a TV commercial campaign of the time for Italian Swiss Colony Wine, featuring a man who calls himself “that little old winemaker — me!” This ad series is also referred to in the 1967 Looney Tune “Fiesta Fiasco”, where Daffy Duck calls himself “that little old rain-maker — me!”

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Wine-making in Rioja


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