1879 Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines

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FACTS ABOUT

SHERRY,

GLEANED DURING A R.ECENT TOUR THROUGH THE VINEYARDS AND BODEGAS

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JEREZ, SAN LUCA.R, PUER'rO DE SA.NTA MARIA, CHIPIONA, CHICLANA, TREBUJENA, AND THE SEVILLE, MOGUER, AND MONTILLA DIS'l'RICTS.

BY HENRY VIZETELLY, Chevalier of the 0 1·dcr of Franz Josef , .Autho1· of "The Wines of the World Ohamcte-rized and O!a.ssed."

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'W!Tll SIXTEEN PAGE ENGRAVINGS, AND NUUEROUS SUDJECTS IN THE TE:XT, FROM l'UOTOGRAPIIS AND SKETCHES TAKEN EXJ.'RESSLY ~'OR TIIIS WORK.

CONTENTS. .CrrAP. I.-To J erez by vVay of Gibraltar-The Sherry Capital and its surrounding Vineyards-The Vintage at Rau Lucar de Barrameda. ·Cn.1.r . II.-The Wine Bodega of the South of Spain- Manzanilla Soleras antl Mode of Rearing the ·wine. C1ur. III.-The Vineyards North of Jerez-Visits .during Vintage time t o the Amoroso, Romano, la Paz, Ducha, Cerro de Santiago, High Maeharnudo, Almocaden, and A. B. Vineyards. .Cn.ar. IV.-Breakfast at the Cerro de Obregon-Kidnapping by Brigands in the Sherry district--Visits to the San Julian, Leon, Lhs Cmias, Tula, and other Vineyards-The Cn,rtnja Monastery and its Ancient Bodega.