A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.

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Entry from July 17, 2019
“I’m on cloud wine”

“I’m on cloud wine” is a jocular saying, adding “wine” to the “on cloud nine” expression. “Cloud wine” has been printed on many images.
 
“On Cloud Wine” was posted on the newsgroup rec.crafts.winemaking on April 30, 2000. On Cloud Wine winery opened in Shreveport, Louisiana, in August 2009. “‘I’m on cloud wine.’ - Unknown” was posted on Elite Daily on August 18, 2017.
 
         
Wiktionary: cloud nine
Noun
cloud nine
(uncountable)
1. (idiomatic) Often in the phrase on cloud nine: a state of bliss, elation or happiness.
2. (idiomatic, possibly nonstandard) A state of fantastic or impractical dreaming or thinking.
   
On Cloud Wine (Shreveport, LA)
Our grand opening took place in August of 2009 starting with 4 sweet wines.  Check out our wine list, see how we have grown.
 
Google Groups: rec.crafts.winemaking
OD’d on Bentonite
Mike Hoover
4/30/00
(...)
Mike
“On Cloud Wine”
 
24 March 2005, San Francisco (CA) Chronicle, pg. F1, col. 1 ad:
On Cloud Wine
(World Market.—ed.)
   
2 September 2009, The Times (Shreveport, LA), “Winery opens in west Shreveport” by Margaret Martin, pg. 3:
Have a sip of wine On Cloud Wine.
(...)
The names of four wines now offered at On Cloud Wine, a winery which opened last week on Buncombe Road.
 
Twitter   
MCDB
@MCDBMusic
Is on cloud wine! Celebrate bitches!!! Xoxo
8:23 PM - 31 Mar 2010
   
Twitter
Alex Fraioli
@pitohui
you might say I’m on cloud wine
9:07 AM - 25 May 2010
   
Twitter
Nick Druga II
@NickSilly
Yesterday I was on cloud nine. Tonight I’m on cloud wine. I don’t know which cloud I like better. #neitherareactualclouds
8:26 PM - 8 Nov 2010
   
OCLC WorldCat record
Q and A: Floating on cloud wine
Author: Tonia Composto Affiliation: Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), tel: 0417 858 957
Edition/Format: Article Article
Publication: Australian and New Zealand Grapegrower and Winemaker, n599 (Dec 2013): 104
Summary:
Tonia Composto is a freelance designer and illustrator based in Melbourne. In the ‘90s she studied visual arts with a major in printmaking and drawing in Adelaide and later studied graphic design and illustration. Tonia has worked as a designer for many well-known companies and now teaches 2D design and computer illustration at RMIT. Her latest project was designing a range of labels for Head in the Clouds Wines.
   
Elite Daily
18 Instagram Captions For Wine Photos To Post This Fall
BY RACHEL CHAPMAN
AUG 18 2017
(...)
16. “I’m on cloud wine.” - Unknown
 
Google Books
Title I’m on Cloud Wine: A 6x9 Inch Matte Softcover Journal Notebook with 120 Blank Lined Pages a Funny Wine Lover Cover Slogan
Author GetThread Journals
Edition illustrated
Publisher Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Print Us, 2018
ISBN 172894385X, 9781728943855
Length 122 pages
   
Elite Daily
40 Wine Puns For Captions, To Give Your IG Feed A Taste Of The Good Life
BY JASMINE VAUGHN-HALL
JUNE 7 2018
(...)
11. “On cloud wine.” — Unknown
 
Women.com
33 Instagram Captions for Day Drinking
Sophie Matthews
Jul 02, 2018
(...)
On Cloud Wine.
 
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28 Instagram Captions For Beach Drinks, Because It’s 5 O’Clock Somewhere
BY KRISTIN CORPUZ
JULY 17, 2019
(...)
25. “I’m on cloud wine.”
   
(Trademark)
Word Mark ON CLOUD WINE
Goods and Services (ABANDONED) IC 025. US 022 039. G & S: Clothing, namely, Short sleeved shirts, long sleeved shirts, blouses, shirts, tank tops, crop tops, Athletic apparel sweaters, t-shirts, halter tops, hooded shirts, yoga shirts, sashes, cover ups, bikinis, one piece swimsuits, swimsuits, dresses, tee shirts, athletic shirts, spf shirts, sun shirts, button down shirts. FIRST USE: 20180101. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 20180101
Standard Characters Claimed
Mark Drawing Code (4) STANDARD CHARACTER MARK
Serial Number 88004326
Filing Date June 18, 2018
Current Basis 1A
Original Filing Basis 1A
Owner (APPLICANT) Malfitano, Cassandra INDIVIDUAL UNITED STATES 8302 NW 8th Terrace Boca Raton FLORIDA 33487
Type of Mark TRADEMARK
Register PRINCIPAL
Live/Dead Indicator DEAD
Abandonment Date April 5, 2019

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