1937 Here is Something that will interest you (3 rd edition)

best known of which are St. Julien, Margaux and St. Estephe, and many famous Chateaux are there situated. St. Emilion, another district, is also famous for many fine wines. EMPIRE WINES. These wines, chiefly from Australia and South Africa,now enjoy great popularity due not only to their excellent and uniform qu^ty but also to the low prices made possible by preferential rates of duty. South Africa sends us exceptionally good wine of Sherry character, while from Australia comes the well- known dry wine known as Australian Burgundy. Both Dominions also ship good quality rich wines of port character, ruby, tawny and white, those of Australia being at present in greater demand. HOCK is made from grapes grown in the vineyards on the banks ofthe Rhine and is of a higher alcoholic strength than the wine of Moselle, having fuller body and improving greatly with bottle age. "Auslese" qualifying the name of a German wine indicates the use of selected grapes, while "Spatlese" signifies that the grapes, or "beeren", have been left to ripen until the last possible moment. MOSELLE is the product of vineyards on the banks of the river Moselle and its tributaries. The Riesling vine is now chiefly cultivated in this district and it produces wines of distinctive bouquet and delicate aroma ideal, by reason of their comparatively low alcoholic strength, as luncheon wines. PORT,a very popular wineinEngland for many years, comes from a circumscribed area in the vaUey of the river Douro in Portugal; only wines from that particular district are allowed to be sold in this country under the name ofPort,all being shipped from Oporto. They are full of vinosity, generally rich in flavour, and most suitable for this coimtry.