1872 Cooling Cups and Dainty Drinks (Mixellany)

Bhenish Wines* 19 the heart's blood of the hero. Nelson took the old gentleman kindly by the hand, but would only accept six bottles; twelve were sent, and the hero remarked he hoped to have so many victories, so as to drink his Hamburg friend's health with a bottle after each. An effervescing wine is made from the lower Khine growths, but it has not any recommendable merit except cheapness, not having the quality of good Rhenish, or the rich fine flavour of Champagne, which it endeavours to imitate. Whoever desires a sound, honest wine, which will impart cheerfulness instead of pressing on the brain, yet a wine of delicate aroma containing very little alcohol, let him drink Rhenish wine. The wine designated " Liebfraumilch," made in the vicinity of Worms, is an excellent wine. Many other valuable wines are produced on the banks of the Necker and other rivers which flow into the Rhine, and are known by the name of the locality where they are grown. Stein-wein (stone wine) is grown near Wiirz- burg-on-the-Main, in Franconia; also Leisten wein, which is esteemed one of the finest wines of the south of Germany, and being invariably reserved for the Royal Bavarian cellar, it can rarely be pur- chased. c2