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Palatinate. 



The Palatinate Vineyards differ from all 

 others in Germany, being the only ones 

 which are not grown in sheltered valleys, 

 on the steep slopes of the hills which border 

 the Rhine and its tributaries. They are 

 situated on a plateau, protected from strong 

 winds by a mountain range, and are planted 

 in a soil chiefly of alluvial origin mostly 

 with southern aspects. The wines made in 

 that district are very distinct from those of 

 the Rheingau, being more luscious but not 

 quite so lasting. The first growths of the 

 PALATINATE are Deidesheim and Forst ; also 

 Durkheim, Wachenheim, and Ruppertsberg. 



PORTUGAL. 



Portugal, as well from its geographical 

 position, its benignant climate, and geologi- 

 cal conformation, as from other propitious 

 circumstances, is admirably adapted to 



