1910 Toasts Wines, and How to Serve Them by Rodolph Rose

RH INE W I NES A ll lovers of fi ne Rhines know that the best is produced in what the German s term the Rheingau, a region of hill s on the right bank of the Rhine. A ll Rhine W ines possess marked chemical characteristics ; they contain very little sugar, and the proportion o f alco hol rarely exceeds twelve parts in a hundred ;"'~ hence, they are of g reat value medicinally. ( From James Richmond Sheen's "Treatise on Wine.") "The temperate use of Wine of pure quality and proper age promotes digestion, cxhilirates the spirits, sharpens the wit and calls into action all the intellectual powers. In Sacred 'Writ, Paul exhorts Timothy to 'drink no longer water, but use a little Wine for thy stomach's sake, and for thine often infi rmities.' - Timothy, v. 23. Burton, in his 'Anatomy of Melancholy,' ob– serves that 'a cup of generous wine to those whose minds arc still and motionless, is, in my opinion, an excellent physic.' "

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