1880 Facts about Port and Madeira by Henry Vizetelly

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m.—The Vines, their Chltivation, and the chief VlTICULTUEAL DISTRICTS OF MaDEIEA. Introdnction of the Vine into Madeira—Kavases caused by the Ol'dium— Beplanting of the Vines—The Phylloxera Vastatrix—Species of Grapes Cultivated in the Madeira Vineyards—Planting and Training of the Vines—Past and Present Mode of Training adopted on the North Side of the Island—Varieties of Soils—The Terraced Vineyards of Madeira— Tenure of Land—Rent invariably paid in Kind—The Principal Viti- cultural Districts—Mr. R.Davies's Charming Villa"A Vigia"—Scarcity of Water in Madeira—Periodical Levadas and their High Value—The Supply of Drinking Water . 173. rV.—^Funchal, and some Pamohs Wine-Stores there. The Madeira Capital—Its Aspect on Shore and as Viewed from the Sea— The Armazens or Wine-Stores of Messrs.Cossart, Gordon,and Co.—Their Serrado Stores—The Cooperage—A Store Swept Away by Winter Flooda —TreUised Vines afford Shade in all the Open Spaces—The Treatment which the Mosto or newly-made Wine undergoes—Cossart, Gordon,and Co.'s Estufa Stores—Treatment of Madeira with Artificial or Natural Heat—Mode of Proceeding followed in the Estufa—The Pateo Stores of Cossart, Gordon,and Co.,and some of the remarkable Wines contained in them—Stock of Madeira held by the Firm 179^ V.—Some other Fhnchal Wine-Stores. The Stores and Estufas of Messrs. Krohn Brothers in the Carmo quarter —Animated Scene presented there—Boracheiros Delivering Skins of Mosto—The Finer Wines of the Firm—Their Royal and Imperial Cus tomers—Large Stock of Madeira in the Forty Stores owned by Messrs. Blandy Brothers—The Rare and Old Wines of the Firm—An Archaic Curiosity—The Old-Bstablished Firm of Leacock and Company—An objection to Famishing Food to the Fishes—Leacock and Co.'s Stores, and Wmes-The Stores of Henry Dru Drury, late Rutherford, Drury, and Co.—Some Venerable Nuns—Mr. H. D.Drury's more remarkable The Stores of Heuriques and Lawton,'formerly the Mansion of a Lady of Rank—A Lengthy and Expensive Lawsuit^Cama de Lobos and other fine Madeiras of the Firm—Their Estufas Messrs. Welsh's Stores —The Delicate Wines shown us at the Stores of Messrs. B- Donaldson Co—The Stores and Wines of Meyrelles Sobrinho e Cia., Hwrique J.M.Camacho,Viuva Abudarham e Filhos, Augosto C.Biauchi, Cunha, Leal Irmaos e Cia., and Leitao—The Madeira Vintage—The Produea greatly in excess of the Demand—Cause of Madeira going ont of Fashion —Large Stocks of Good Wineat presentin theIsland—Its Moderate Price 187" VI.—The Wines of Tenerife. The Voyagefrom Madeira to Tenerife—Retuming—NegroTraders got up in an elaborate style—A German African Explorer and his probable fate— HoweU'sfamous Panegyric of Canary—The Tenerife Vineyards Destroyed by the Oidium-Cultivation of Cochineal and Tobacco—Santa Cruz—. Nelson's Attack against it—The Anniversary of his Repulse still cele brated—Situation of the Tenerife Vineyards—The Vintage—The various "°es—Canary Sack-—The Vidonia and other Wines of Messrs. Hamilton md Co.—Tenerife Wines no lonser subjected to Artificial Heat—Messrs. Davidson and Co.'s Bodegasand Wines—Excursion to the Ancient Capital " d^^"^ and Gathering of Cochineal-Religions Processions 203--