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

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the white wines in general use, and is more adulterated than any of the other commercial wines. When in good condition, it has a fine aromatic flavor, containing 22·27 per cent. of alcohol. Sherry is a Spanish wine, prepared near Xeres, in Spain; hence, in English, it is called Sherry. It is a dry wine, of a deep amber color, and, when pure, possesses a dry aromatic flavor, without any acidity. It is one of the strongest of the white win.es. Champagne is a white wine, brisk, frothing, sparkling, effervescing, and inuch used. The reader must, by this time, have per– ceived the necessity of observing certain rules, without which the nrn,nufacture of wine be– comes impossible:- 1st. The grapes should he plucked in dry weather, at the interval of a few days after they are ripe, and transported to the Yats in dorsels suJiicicntly tight to prevent the juice fro1n running out.