1895 Mixed Drinks by Herbert W Green

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MIXED DRINKS.

^ Because she has taken advantage of her fitness of soil to the vine, her meteorological conditions, her geo graphical position as regards the European markets and ' incidentally those of the world. The industrious habits of the peasantry, the favorable system of small land holdings, or tenure,the almost universal patronage of the people,particularly the bourgeois and the aristoci'acy, and the general interest in the subject, the national pride in the accumulated output, together with com mercial encouragement, huge investments of capital in the finished, properly-aged and marketable product,the care, management and method of stoi'age, the activity of wine merchants who make themselves felt and their goods appreciated in all civilized countries, and the tastefu,l fancy of bon vivants wherever there is "good" society—all these and many more facts that might be cited have resulted in a great home and foreign trade and led to the extension pf wine-growing to all but eight of the eighty-six departments of the realm. bfow for some startling figures! Italy,with lazy habits and great natural advantages but with careless attention to business, annually pro duces 600,000,000 or 700,000,000 gallons, worth say $500,000,000. It appears that she can heat France and not half try; at least she surpasses her in quantity