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presents a pale straw colour. Many who are in the habit of tast- 
ipg Sherry, have doubtless perceived that there is sometiung in 
its flavour which partakes of the taste of leather ; this is owing to 
the custom of bringing the wines down the country in large lea- 
thern vessels, or, as the Spaniards call them, boots, whence we de- 
rive our term butts, which we bestow upon the casks wherein we 
receive the wines. These wines are shipped at most of the 
Spanish ports, but particularly at Cadiz, for ail parts of Europe, 
but indubitably the greatest quantity is sent to England. The 
present prices of Sherry are from 80f. to 100 guineas per butt. 
“ In Andalusia are also made sweet and dry wines called Pa- 
garete’'^ and San Lucar, and the strong well known red wine, de- 
nominated Tinto Rota or Tent, which is an excellent stomachic, 
and is generally recommended by skilful accoucheurs, as being of 
infinite service to women in child-bed. The Montilla is a dry 
wine. The territory of Xeres alone annually produces above 
60,000 pipes of wine. 
“ In the province of Grenada, is made the celebrated wine 
galled Mountain or Malaga, which is commonly shipped from the 
port of Malaga. Vast quantities are exported for England and 
Ireland. It is dry and sweet, and is both red and white. It 
is a truly delicious wine, and is much esteemed in Great Britain ; 
its prices in the English market, at present, vary from 60/. to 80/. 
The sweet Mountain is the most sought after, and is usually em- 
ployed as a desert wine. Grenada produces Peroximenes or Pedro 
Ximenes,t which is oftener imported into Ireland than England ; 
it is a very fine flavoured full bodied wine. There is also a kind 
of Malmsey made in this province, which is exquisite ; but that 
of Maravella is only an ordinary wine. 
‘‘In Valentia is found Tinto Alicante, a wine much used in 
France ; it is sweet when new, but grows thick and ropy as it be- 
comes aged : it is a good stomachic. 
“ The Benicarlo wine is red, dry, and thick ; it is often palmed 
upon the public by wine dealers as Port wine, to which it is very 
inferior both in quality and price. An imposition of this sort is to 
be avoided by observing whether the wine offered have a ruby 
colour instead of a deep black, a generous flavour, and not that 
harshness which immediately offends a good palate ; if not, it assu- 
redly cannot be Port wine. The wine called Siches and that cal- 
led Garnache,both made in Catalonia, are exquisite. In the same 
province are made Tinto de las Montanas or Mountain Tent, and 
^ Pachior^tti. f Padre Ximenes. 
