1880 Facts about Port and Madeira by Henry Vizetelly

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tonel,wlien it receives about five gallons of brandy per pipe. In tbe following Mareb it will be racked into pipes preparatory to being sent down tbe Douro to tbe wine-sbippers'lodges at Villa Hova de G-aia. A good quantity of tbe wine vintaged in tbe Upper Douro is shipped to Oporto in tbe ensuing spring from Pinbao,altbougb many growers sbip tbeir wines at favourable points of tbe river contiguous to tbeir own quintas. Tbe pipes are sent down from tbe adegas fastened witb ropes on to bullock-carts,tbe massive-

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