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best known of which are St. Julien, Margaux and
St. Estephe, and many famous Chateaux are there
situated. St. Emilion, another district, is also famous
for many fine wines.
EMPIRE WINES. These wines, chiefly from
Australia and South Africa,now enjoy great popularity
due not only to their excellent and uniform qu^ty but
also to the low prices made possible by preferential
rates of duty.
South Africa sends us exceptionally good wine of
Sherry character, while from Australia comes the well-
known dry wine known as Australian Burgundy. Both
Dominions also ship good quality rich wines of port
character, ruby, tawny and white, those of Australia
being at present in greater demand.
HOCK is made from grapes grown in the vineyards
on the banks ofthe Rhine and is of a higher alcoholic
strength than the wine of Moselle, having fuller body
and improving greatly with bottle age.
"Auslese" qualifying the name of a German wine
indicates the use of selected grapes, while "Spatlese"
signifies that the grapes, or "beeren", have been left
to ripen until the last possible moment.
MOSELLE is the product of vineyards on the banks
of the river Moselle and its tributaries. The Riesling
vine is now chiefly cultivated in this district and
it produces wines of distinctive bouquet and delicate
aroma ideal, by reason of their comparatively low
alcoholic strength, as luncheon wines.
PORT,a very popular wineinEngland for many years,
comes from a circumscribed area in the vaUey of the
river Douro in Portugal; only wines from that
particular district are allowed to be sold in this country
under the name ofPort,all being shipped from Oporto.
They are full of vinosity, generally rich in flavour,
and most suitable for this coimtry.