1869 Cooling Cups and Dainty drinks by William Terrington

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Whies.

The wines of the Rhine and Moselle share some general resemblance of flavour, but the latter will not keep so long as Rhenish wine, although a great deal of the produce from the “ banks of the blue Mo- The most esteemed wines are Griinhaiiser, “ the nectar of the Moselle,” Scharzberger, and Brauneberg. Scharz- liofberger, made from selected grapes, is the finest produce of the Moselle vineland. Sparkling Moselle, of which great quantities come to the English market, is made principally from undei*- ripe grapes. The great peculiarity of the Moselle wines is their musk-like or elder-flower-like bouquet ; this is imparted artificially to the inferior growths, in order to imitate the flavour and aroma of the Muscat grape. At Ehrenbreitstein, or “broad stone of honour,” the famous fortress opposite the mouth of the Moselle, are stored in the cellars under the grammar school, 300 vats, which are estimated to contain 400,000 bottles of Moselle and Rhenish wines. Port . — This wine, which is so identified with the social habits of this country, where it has formed the staple wine of our dinner-tables and desserts for the last 160 years, is produced from a district in Portugal called the Cima de Douro, or selle ” is sold in this country as Hock.