AMOUNT OP ALCOHOL IN WINE. 187 



does Port wine, which is recognised as the strongest 

 wine in the country which produces it, really belong 

 to those not very strong wines which only contain 13 

 per cent, alcohol ? 



Eor my part I hesitate to accept Ginjal's state- 

 ment, although his experiments were made in Por- 

 tugal. 



"With regard to the alcoholic contents, Madeira ranks 

 next to Port wine, in which respect they differ but 

 little from each other. Liqueur wines are, as a rule, 

 stronger than red wines ; Juran9on, Lachryma Christi, 

 Benicarlo, and Sauterne, all contain from 12 to 15 per 

 cent, alcohol, and more. Red French wines contain 

 less from 9 to 14 per cent. Grood Bordeaux con- 

 tains 10, 11, 12 per cent. ; Burgundy, 9, 10, 11 per 

 cent. ; Champagne, 10, 11 per cent. Rhine wine from 

 6 to 12 per cent., generally from 9 to 10 per cent. 



