1892 Drinks of the world

DRINKS:

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Sparkling), red Aliso and Angelico. Wine has been made from the vines on the Ohio, said to resemble Bordeaux in quality. In several parts of Mexico, as at Passo del Norte, at Zalaya, and at St. Louis de la Paz, wines are made of tolerable flavour. The red wine of California is agreeable. In Florida, according to Sir John Hawkins, wine was made from a grape like that of Orleans, as far back as 1564. The island of Cuba possesses a '' light, cool, sharp wine," ac- cording to Redding. In South America wine was made long ago in Paraguay. A sweet wine resembling Malaga is made at Mendoza, at the foot of the Andes, and is found to improve by transportation some thousand miles across the Pampas. The wines made in Chili and Peru are white and red. The Muscatel 6i Chili is considered to be especially good.^ The white wine of Nasca is inferior. The wine of Pisco is highly esteemed. Though the white is held by con- noisseurs to be superior to the red wine of Chili, yet production. Chacoli is a wine commonly patronised by labourers. The Mosto of Concepcion differs from Mosto asoleado by the grapes of the latter being sun dried for some twenty days. Australia. Australian wines are pretty well known from our tradesmen's circulars. For instance, there is the GouaiSy the Carbinet^ a soft wine like Burgundy, the it is little drunk in the cradle of its

1 Chili has lately taken Paris medals for its wines ; it also pro- duces a light and wholesome beer.