Prohibition
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The US ban on alcohol production and sale from 1920 to 1933.
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The 18th Amendment devastated American wine. Over 1,000 wineries closed; only a few survived by producing sacramental or medicinal wine. After repeal (21st Amendment), recovery was slow — quality didn't reach pre-Prohibition levels until the 1970s. Prohibition's legacy includes America's complex, state-by-state alcohol regulatory patchwork that persists today.
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