148 VITIS. No. 99 & 100- 



i\hen young, dry wlien ohJ. ]6. Hermitage^ red fine per- 

 fumed. 17- Golden Hermitage^ j^olden color, delicious 

 perfume and flavor. 18. Jierfoc, or best perfumed Claret, 

 19. Graves^ white Claret. 20. RomsiUon^ red, rough. 

 21. Muscat^ white, sweet, delicious. 22. Ciotat^ similar, 

 but thin- Most of these best wines are drank as luxuries 

 or medical tonics, and the very best are seldom export- 

 ed, costing from 1 to §5 the bottle. 



Spanish Wixes. \>Tinto. black, thick, strong. 2.Tin- 

 tillo^ ditto red. 3. Seco. white dry bitterish. 4, Xei^es, 

 orSherrv, white, drv, nutty, stnintr. 5. Paxarel. white 

 sweet, high flavor. 6. Gi'tsimUu amber color, very sweet 

 when young, losing the sweetness bv age- 7. Jilhafiora^ 

 like Hock, white, not so dry. 8- Swttt Malaga^ brown^ 

 sweet, strong, a fine cordial when old. 9. Lry Malaga^ 

 wliiter, thinner and dry. 10. .Hicant^ red, strong, very 

 tonic. 11. Catalonia^ red and rough like Port. 12.Ma/m' 

 sei/y sweet, redish, fine flavor. 13. Bed Malaga^ fine 

 strong. 14 Salamanca^ pale red fine. 



WijvES OF Portugal are commonly called Por/ when 

 red, and Lisbon when white : both are strong and rough, 

 but improve by age, unless adulterated a^ usual with. 

 brandy, 1. Carcavetos is th^e sweet Lisbon. 2. Bticellas, 

 the dry Lisbon. 3. Setubal^ Hke Muscat. 4. JUin/iO, best 

 pale Port. 5. Douro^ very rough. 



Italian Wines. 1. (fhiaretto^ pale red fine. 2. Pen- 

 nino^ white, thin like water, acid, made in the Alps and 

 Appennines* 3. Florence or Tuscany^ similar to Bur- 

 gundy, thinner, cannot keep. 4. Lombard, Modena and 

 Montserrat^ red thin acid, 5. Montepulciano^ red, strongs 

 hot- 6. Vicentino, red, strong. 7. Fcderno and Salerno^ 

 red delicate. 8. Caiahrese^ black tliick sweet. 9. Ta- 

 re?i^o, red, rough, 10- Mtdvagia^isweet, strong, delicate. 

 ll.Lacrma, red, sweet, ^strong, perfumed. il.MoscaUi- 

 lOy yellow sweet lu-cious. 13. Nohile diwd Ver^ine^ ex- 

 f^uisite, similar to Tokav. 14. liosoUo^ or Fiascone, 

 white, sweet, thick, like^a cordial. IS.PagUno, sM^aw 

 color, fine. 16. .4grodaf^^^ sweet and acid, whue. 

 ir,rmodo, black and thick, IQ. Pugiia, pale red, brisk. 

 19. ^tferdo, red am! n^u-h. 20 Trappola, sweet and 

 Ditter. 21. ^ti*«ro, red bitteHsh, 22. Zafftrano, saffron 



coiou ^b, />oro, golilen sweet, 24, jfftano and San^i- 



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