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Many books have been written upon

the "better things of life" ... many

authors with a pretty taste and judgment of

the products of the grape have each in turn

dilated upon the eternal question of"What

to drink and how to drink it".

In the buying and keeping of vintage and

other wines,there is decidedly more than the

layman would think. The title of "wine

merchant" is often directly misleading, as

the mere display of a row of bottles in a

window and a score more on the shelves

inside does not guarantee you anything—

excepting, perhaps, an entire lack of interest

on the part of the proprietor in what he is

selling. And a disappointment when the

cork of your purchase is drawn ....

The Victoria Wine Company prides itself

upon a complete and thorough knowledge of

the Vintner's Art.

The wines stocked are, in most cases,

shipped direct to the Company in cask, for

maturing and botthng in London. The

customer is thereby assured of his purchase

being in excellent condition, as well as being

the best of its kind.

In HERE'S HOW is presented a veritable

cyclopaedia or vade-mecum of the cellar,from

which the socially incUned reader may glean

what suitable information he requires,or just

the cocktail recipe he desires for his own or