1860 A Treatise on the Manufacture , Imitation, Adulteration and Reduction of Foreign Wines, Brandies, .

WINE.

VIN, ~French; WEIN, Germ.; VINO, It._, Span. Vv Il\'E is the fermented juice of the grape. The strongest wines come from the Southern States of Europe. The grapes of those countries, con– taining a larger quantity of sugar, afford a more abundant production of alcohol; consequently, the best Sherry, Port, and Madeira are fur– nished from that P.Ortion of the continent. Bur– gundy, and other temperate climes, produce the finest-flavored wines, which cannot be done in countries farther north, in consequence of the difference of the degrees of temperature. Wines derive their nan1es from the different 2 (13)