1936 The Artistry of Mixing Drinks by Frank Meier

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Of the seven regions: Medoc, Graves, Sauternes, St.-Emi- ilonnals, Cotes, Palus, Entre-Deux-Mers; Medoc Is the home of Chateau Lafite, Chateau Latour, Chateau Margaux, to speak only of first growths; Craves, of the Chateau Haut-Brion; Sauternes, of the Chateau Yquem (white); St.-Emiiionnais, of the Chateau Cheval Blanc. Besides these very exceptional products, 16 2nd growths, 14 3rd growths, 10 4th growths, 17 5th growths also belong to the classified growths. Then come another 1359 Chateaux, Domalnes and Clos(1421 In all) which produce the huge quantities of Bordeaux wines, red and white, here mentioned : Qualities Bottles Qualities

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Bottles 1918 Good .. .. 470,250,000 1919 Very good .. 636,975,000 1920 Very good .. 608,748,750 1921 Uneven (good) 480,500,000 1922 Light,excellent 899,087,500 1923 Good .. .. 614,250,000 1924 Very good .. 700,675,000 1925 Fair .. .. 644,734,250 1926 Good .. .. 487,497,750 1927 Fair .. .. 501,506,000 1928 Very good .. 589,727,125 1929 Remarkable . 571,715,750 Mediocre 318,688,625

900 Very Good . 716,625.000 901 Fair .. .. 537,750,000 902 Poor .. .. 357,750,000 903 Fairly Good 262,125,000 904 Perfect . .. 562,500,000 905 Good .. .. 536,350,000 906 Good .. .. 437,625,000 907 Uneven 686,250,000

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908 Fair .. .. 405,000,000 909 Good .. .. 468,000,000 910 Disastrous .. 191,250,000 911 Good .. .. 399,936,500 912 Good .. .. 519,432,750 913 Good .. .. 412,875,000 914 Very good .. 668,137,500 915 Very poor .. 153,900,000 916 Good .. .. 381,037,500 917 Light,butgood 442,237,500 France without the Colonies produced 1930 1931 1932 1933

Fair .. .. 478,257,750 Poor .. .. 478,455,250 Poor .. .. 421,052,750

1934 Good .. .. 855,473,125 1935 Good .. .. 527,974,800 75,143,622 hectolitres, or

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9,392,952,750 bottles of wine In 1934, against 49,690,687 hectolitres in 1933.

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