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methods of gathering the grapes -, by ga- . 

 thering the crop, according to the goodnefs 

 and ripenefs, and preffing fuch gatherings 

 ftparate, there is a furprifing difference in. 

 the wines. For, a vineyard, of from 

 twenty- five to thirty acres, an hundred ga- 

 therers at leaft muft be provided, as it is of 

 confequence to have a number fufficient to 

 gather enough for one making in two hours 

 Jime ; by which means fuch a time of fa- 

 vourable weather for the bufineisis not loft. 

 They begin always to gather at fun-rifing, 

 but leave off in the heat of the day, unlefs 

 It proves foggy. They ought to be carried 

 immediately to the prefs : but in many 

 places th'j vineyards are fo inconfiderable, 

 that the grapes muft be carried four or five, 

 and even eight or ten miles to a prefs, which 

 is a great difadvantage. In this province 

 they have the fineft prefles in France : the 

 proprietor of the vineyard which is over- 

 looked by my friend, the vigneron, has one 

 which coft 300!. and fome are built at the 

 expence even of 500!. ; and the frnalleft 

 that are in ufe coft 40!. There arc confi- 

 derable manufactures of cafks and fiafks in 

 divers parts of the province for the wine ; 



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