50 THE VINEYARDS OF THE WORLD. 



AMERICA possesses many vineyards. 

 The Vine grows and wine is made in many 

 parts of the United States, but nowhere 

 in such quantities nor to such perfection 

 as in California. Mexico, Peru, Bolivia and 

 Chili, all produce a certain quantity of wine 

 which is mostly consumed locally or in 

 neighbouring states. On the other side of 

 the Andes, in the Argentine Republic, the 

 vineyards of Mendoza are the most im- 

 portant. Uruguay and Brazil also have 

 extensive vineyards, but none of these South 

 American Republics have begun exporting 

 their wines to the Old World. 



Not so, however, AUSTRALIA, in whose 

 vineyards on an average 4! million gallons 

 of wine are produced per year, a certain 

 proportion of which being annually ex- 

 ported to England. 



CYPRUS, the Azores, the Canaries and 



