1916 Jack's Manual by J A Grohusko (4th edition)

WINES OF GERMANY German wines are grown principally on the banks of the Rhine, and are generally known as Hocks. Those grown on the banks of the Moselle are designated as Moselles. There are many varieties of German wines, and their names denote principally the district of their growth. German wines are of great medical value. They are strengthening to the action of the heart and diffuse cheer- fulness, without leaving adverse results, which more alco- holic beverages might produce. Moselle wines especially are prescribed by the medical profession as highly beneficial in all affections of the liver and kidneys. They are consid- ered anti-diabetic in their action and to minimize gouty tendencies. MOSELLE Moselle as a highly etheral wine is also very useful in cases of cerebral and cardiac exhaustion, it stimulates the action of the liver and kidneys, and is generally credited with being otherwise beneficial. It is said to be anti-dia- betic, and does not increase the gouty tendency. HOCKS Hocks have great fragrance and vinosity and are pre- eminently the wines most suitable for intellectual enjoy- ment, as they are particularly exhilarating and increase the appetite. Being of light alcoholic strength, but rich in vola- tile ethers, they are exceedingly efficacious, and do not (like Clarets) so quickly spoil after opening. The finer qualities widely differ in flavor from each other, and being rich in ethers are much valued as a stimulant in sustaining the nervous force of the heart, while its en- feebled muscular tissue has time in which to recuperate. For serious nervous prostration their value as a remedy can hardly be overestimated; their beneficial effects being strikingly exhibited in bringing back a stronger and steadier heartbeat, thus calming any attendant irritability which is of the utmost importance to the patient. SWEET BITTERWINES French wines have been divided into four distinct classes, namely: Red Wines, White Wines, Sparkling Wines and Liqueur Wines. In the latter class are included all the various aperitifs such as Dubonnet, which is an appetizer made from a sweet French wine, strongly infused with a solution of Peruvian bark. Its tonic properties are exten- sively acknowledged. Byrrh wine is a high-class appetizing and tonic wine pre- pared with exceptionally generous wines. Amer Picon, a French bitters, or aperitif, made from French sweet wine infused from bitter herbs.

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