Sadly I do not have a photo of this once great wine and spirits merchant!
Emile Jardin
Wine & Spirit Merchant
Nairobi, British East Africa
The only Wine and Spirit specialist in the Protectorate!
Cigars + Cigarettes
If you ever come to this country to settle or on safari do not trouble yourself about your wines or spirits of any description which we supply locally cheaper than you can import them.
Telephone 64 + P.O. Box 26
What The Leader (newspaper?) BEA wrote on December 15,
1911.
A merchant who devotes his energies exclusively to one
particular line and makes a specialty of it, has undoubtedly a superior
advantage over the firm that dabbles in all kinds of merchandise.
In the first instance, the specialist devotes his sole
attention to a particular class of goods and naturally does this well, being in
a position to place large orders at the fountain head of commerce thus ensuring
fresh stock at the lowest possible prices.
In selecting personally your particular “blend” at Jardin’s,
you can do so without coming into contact with other wares such as tanks,
galvanised buckets, paints, disinfectants, ploughs and obnoxious smelling
articles. So listen to sound advice and in the future buy your wines and
spirits from the merchant who stores them isolated and free from contamination.
Mr Jardin’s wine and spirit store is the only concern in
British East Africa worked on these principles and, besides, he is the cheapest
and biggest wine and spirit merchant in the country, having a hundred different
classes of liquors in his stores and an average arrival of 400 cases in a
month. The very heavy stock that Mr Jardin carries is very exceptional for a
young town like Nairobi. Purchasers of beer, port, sherry, hock, wine,
champagne and any other fancy liquors will have no trouble in finding what they
require at Mr Jardin’s premises.
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