1906 A Bachelor's Cupboard

CHAPTER XVI

Good liquor, I stoutly maintain, gives genius a better discerning." — GoLDsailTH. Almost every bachelor Is capable of ordering a dream of a dinner — but how many are connoisseurs of wines to the extent of being able at once to vintage, and "bouquet," to accompany it? The highest authorities differ upon the specification of any regular rou- tine of wines for proper service at a dinner or other function. But It behooves every man who entertains much to familiarize himself with the various wines and their sequence by select the correct variety, spoiled by the ordering of Inferior wine or the departure from the pre- scribed rules for serving. One sees to-day, particularly in America, service of champagne alone courses. Many a good dinner is

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