1150 



WIRE-DRAWING 



the 'rape' is subjected to severe pressure iu a screw or hydraulic press. The wine, 

 in the process of the vinous fermentation, is occasionally passed through a great body 

 of the rape to improve its flavour, and also to modify the fermentative action ; it is 

 afterwards set to ripen in casks, clarified by being repeatedly racked off, and fined 

 with isinglass. 



Total of all kinds of Wine Imported in 1873. 



Of this, of Eed wine there were 10,049,255 gallons. 

 White 11,633,101 



The quantity entered for home consumption was 18,027,308 gallons, and the amount 

 received for duty was 1,775,903/. 



The following shows the quantity entered for home consumption and the amount of 

 duty received, so far as regards the importations from France, Portugal and Spain. 



Red wine 

 White wine 



Wine Imports in 1874. 



Gallons 



. . 9,012,696 

 . . 9,261,442 



Value 



2,619,889 

 4,248,252 



Entered for Home Consumption. 



Red wine . 

 White wine 



8,461,705 gallons 

 8,822,680 



WINE-STONE is the deposit of crude tartar, called ' argal," which settles on the 

 sides and bottoms of wine-casks. See WINE. 



(Trefilerie, Fr. ; Drahtsiehen, Drahtzug, Ger.) When an 

 oblong lump of metal is forced through a scries of progressively diminishing apertures 

 in a steel plate, so as to assume in its cross-section the form and dimensions of the last 

 hole, and to be augmented in length at the expense of its thickness, it is said to be 



