Buying the New Yorker 1976 - page 40

I think this predates the original Grey Poupon ad.

The visual joke here is that these two massive houses are so close together. Nowadays with the proliferation of McMansion farms, it's not uncommon to see houses of that size that close together. The oddity now is the massive front yard.

It's been a while since I've poked around a spirit brand website, so I thought I'd have a poke around. The only thing that stands out is the handy toggle button at the bottom of the page that increases the font size for you. I wonder what that says about the marketing demographic.