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INDEX. 



Pruning of Vines, which produce the Muscatel raisins, peculiai' mode of, 41 : 

 how conducted in Rousillon, 68; in Provence, 101; at Hermitage, 110. 



Raisins, Muscatel, of Malaga, how prepared, 42 ; limited extent of land pro- 

 ducing, 40, 43 ; quantity produced per acre, and value, 44. 



Sun, or Bloom, 44. 



Lexia, 45. 



of Provence, preparation and value of, 96 ; quantity produced, 98. 



Rheims, chief seat of the trade in Champagne wines, 124. 

 Rivesaltes, vineyards of, produce the first sweet wines of France, 78 ; wine of. 

 how made, 79. 



Roquevaire, principal seat of the preparation of dried fruits in Provence, 91. 

 Rousillon, wine of, how made, 69 ; chiefly exported to Paris, 70. 



Sainfoin, sown in Burgundy as a preparation of the soil for vines, 115. 

 Seville, exports from, 35. 



Sherry, not a natural wine, 3 ; how prepared for the market, ibid ; how it is 

 made, 19 et seq. ; often made from grapes much decayed, 20; sometimes 

 turns sour, 26 ; stock of, equal to many years' consumption, ibid ; general 

 observations on, 57 et seq. 



Sheep of Andalusia, 9. 



RousiUon, 72. 



the Bergerie Royale, near Pei'pignan, 83. 



Scuddiness, or Motheriness, in Sherry -vvines, probable cause of, 18, 59. 

 Soleras, casks in which Sherry -nines are ripened, so called, 3 ; are said to 



contain sometimes ^vine 50 years old, ibid. 

 Silk Worms, rearing of, very profitable, 103. 



Soil, general remarks relative to its influence upon the quality of the wine 



produced upon it, 131. 

 Sugar, cultivated at Almunecar, in the south of Spain, 48. 



Trenching the Soil, customary before planting vines in the vineyards of 

 Xeres, 17 ; only partial at Malaga, 40 ; not customary in Rousillon, 67; 

 very deep at Hermitage, 108. 



Travelling, danger of, through the South of Spain, 29. 



Vines, number 6f varieties cultivated at Xeres, 12. 



varieties of, which }-ield the finest Sherries, scarce, 16. 



number of varieties, cultivated at Malaga, 52. 



variety of, which jields the finest INIalaga raisin, only grows in a limited 



district, 40. 

 of Rousillon, notice of, 66. 



