1872 Cooling Cups and Dainty Drinks (Mixellany)

34 Wines. Monte Fiascone is an aromatic intoxicating wine, made in the Roman States, while that named Vino Greco is a rich kind made in Naples, from the grape so called. Although the wines of Italy are not much known in this country, it must not be supposed that the Italians cannot produce good wine, although they export very little. The wines of Greece are good, sound, unbrandied, yet firm-bodied wines, and bid fair, through the steady advocacy of Mr. Denman, well known as the author of " The Vine and its Fruit/' to become as generally appreciated in this country as they were during the medieval age, when these wines fur- nished an important beverage at the social gather- ings of the time, under the name of Cyprus, Malmsey, or Malmesyne, so named from Malvagnia in the Morea, from whence the Malmsey grape originally came. Dr. Henderson tells us that " throughout nearly the whole of Greece the soil is highly favourable to the vine. On the Continent, the extensive range of mountains which intersect the country are chiefly calcareous. In those islands which have been celebrated for their general fer- ility and the superiority of their vines, Scio, Tenedos, Candia, Zante, &c, similar strata occur.