1906 A Bachelor's Cupboard

A BACHELOR'S CUPBOARD Correct Wines for all Occasions

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fetched down from the cock-loft the last bottle of the dozen ye had, an' ye maun noo go tae the whuskey." This is a jaunt around Robin Hood's Barn to ex- plain the necessity of proper care and housing of wine. If one has not the proper place to store it at the right temperature he had best order it daily or when wanted from his dealer's cellars. Wine is truly an expensive taste to cultivate, and its deterioration under unfavor- able conditions is too well known to comment upon. In a city house, the even temperature of a brick-bound cellar is the best one can expect. Sweet wines may be kept at a temperature of sixty degrees. "A wine cellar too hot or too cold Murders wine before it*s old.'* There are various peculiarities in wine which may be detected by the true connoisseur. A few of the " stock terms " of the wine merchant may be given here by way of explanation Green — New wine. Stalky — ^Wine affected with the astringency of the vine wood. Bouquet — A peculiar odor, not of distinct char- acter. Fruity — Commonly sweetened port. Veloute — Velvety to the tongue. Smooth or soft. FuMEAUX — ^Wines of great strength. MoNTANT — Those in which the carbonic acid gas affects the head. 175