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Choice of TRIllnes for Blnnero.

•^'HE variety of wines to be served with

a dinner depends largely on the rest

of the menu,

®EEORE a stag dinner of any kind, it

is generally customary to serve either a

cocktail, or a glass of sherry with a dash

of bitters in it. When ladies are present

this is generally dispensed with.

yOR a small dinner of four or five

courses, it is generally good form to serve

sherry with the soup and fish, followed by

a Sauterne, hock, or Rhine wine, and

nothing further.

JIT very elaborate feasts the number of

wines introduced is almost unlimited; but

the following list is believed to contain the

essential features :

TRUITH soup, sherry; with fish, white

wine; with meats, Burgimdy and Roman or

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