wein.plus
Attention
You are using an old browser that may not function as expected. <br><strong>For a better, safer browsing experience, please upgrade your browser.</strong>

Log in Become a Member

Prohibition

Term for prohibition or prevention, which can refer to many things. However, it usually refers to stimulants such as drugs, alcohol, tobacco or similar. As a rule, it is understood to mean a ban (in various forms) on the production, import, export, transport, purchase, possession and consumption of alcoholic beverages for social, religious, moral, ethical or health reasons. In the past, such a prohibition was also valid for individual stimulants or beverages such as absinthe. The longest existing prohibition is the rigorous Islamic ban on alcohol, which is religiously justified in the Koran. But many other countries and cultures have also had similar bans time and again. This was an enormous intervention in the habits of the countries concerned, because alcohol consumption has been an elementary part of drinking culture since the earliest history of mankind.

Voices of our members

Thomas Götz

Serious sources on the internet are rare - and Wine lexicon from wein.plus is one such source. When researching for my articles, I regularly consult the wein.plus encyclopaedia. There I get reliable and detailed information.

Thomas Götz
Weinberater, Weinblogger und Journalist; Schwendi

The world's largest Lexicon of wine terms.

26,076 Keywords · 46,829 Synonyms · 5,324 Translations · 31,411 Pronunciations · 186,809 Cross-references
made with by our author Norbert F. J. Tischelmayer. About the Lexicon

EVENTS NEAR YOU