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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