16 THE VINEYARDS OF THE WORLD. 



for instance, as of Tarragona Port or Italian 

 Champagne. 



The Departement of the Gironde is part 

 of the old Province of Gascony and pro- 

 duces a much greater quantity of fine red 

 and white wines than any other Departe- 

 ment. 



The Vineyards of the Gironde may be 

 divicfed into six principal districts, namely : 

 (i) M6doc ; (2) Graves ; (3) Saut ernes ; 

 (4) Entre-deux-Mers ; (5) Cotes ; and (6) 

 Palus. All these districts are situated on 

 the Garonne, on the Dordogne, or on their 

 confluent, the Gironde, and produce an 

 average of 91,895,019 gallons per annum. 



i. The MEDOC is a strip of low lying land 

 along the left bank of the River Gironde, 

 some six miles wide and about 50 miles 

 long. The best Vineyards are planted on 

 a series of gently swelling elevations of 

 varying heights, which may be likened to 



