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

Apart from vintage wines. Ports are of three classes: Ruby, having Mlness and colour; Tawny, which, having been slowly maturing in casks instead of bottles, has lost colour and fullness while gaining delicacy; White, the favourite rich wine of the women folk. VINTAGE PORTS are wines made in one particular year and shipped to this country when two years old. They take several years to mature in bottle, and when ready for consumption should always be decanted before being served at table. Great care must be taken when handling these crusted wines to avoid disturbing the sedimentary crust or deposit. SPARKLING SAUMUR and other Sparkling Wines are made in a similar way to Champagne. Many are sound and very pleasant to drink, but they do not attain the quality offirst-class Champagnes. SHERRY is made from white grapes grown in the district of Jerez in Southern Spain. The wines, as consumed in this country, are blends of several wines of different years that have been allowed to mature separately, until they are uniformly mellow, and in the blending is the whole secret of good Sherry. The richer wines are known as Golden, Amoroso or Oloroso, according to type; the pale, drier wines are known as Finos, Amontillado being a full-bodied Fino; much drier and Ughter is the fine Manzanilla—a delicate wine. A very popular style is the Old East India and the Old Brown,which are pleasant, full"and rather rich.

Wine is a living organism and, being ofa dehcate constitution, it should be treated with great care and respect.

How to Keep and Serve WINES

Wines whichare notrequiredfor current useshouldbe binned ina horizontal position, with labels uppermost, to ensure that the Wine is continually in