1911 Beverages de luxe

o n German

BY PHILIP HOLLENBACH Près. Phil. Hollenbach Co. Louisville, Ky.

Wines

To know kow to drink wine belongs only to a cultivated taste; to know kow to tempt guests to in- dulge in it witk i^leasure belongs only to tke kost gifted witk rare tact and artistic discrimination. A painting from tke kand of a master must be placed in a favorable ligkt and witk appropriate sur-

ronndings to set off: its excellence; tke most beautifnl woman despises not tke act of enkancing ker ckarms by karmonious auxiliaries or by jndicious contrasts. Since time immémorial tke poets of ail nations kave been inspired to sing tke famé of German wine. Tke old bards knew full well tke delicious bringer of heaventy bliss to tke poor eartk-ckained being known as tke species "komo sapiens." One of onr greatest poets, Henry Wadswortk Longfellow, sings of tke vintage of 1811, wkick ke fomid in a convent cellar, tkns :

"And wkenever a goblet tkereof I drain, Tke old rkyme keeps running in my brain :

At Backarack on tke Ekine, At Hockkeim on tke Main, And at Wnrzburg on tke Stein, Grow tke tkree best kinds of wine." Matkias Clandius, tke renowned German poet, says :

— tkere grow tke gay plantations!

"The Ekine, tke Ekine

O kallowed be tke Ekine! Upon kis banks are brewed tke rick potations Of tkis consoling wine."

Tke Eivers Ekine, Moselle, Neckar, Akr, Main, Nake, are bordered witk vineyards, wkence tke golden jnice of tke grapes cornes to enjoy tke keart of man. Pure wine is a tonic — natnre's tonic. Its low percentage of alcokol renders it at once tke most expédient and tke most wkolesome drink tkat can be used. It is a gift of Nature — tke Great Creator. But, alas! not every year tkat rolls by does bring us tkis delicious fluid. Tke quality, as well as quantity, of wine differs to a great