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etc. Like all spirits it improves in quality when aged in
wooden casks, but this does not carry on indefinitely. The
time of ageing varies with the kind of brandy, and any
brandy will commence to deteriorate or "get tired" as is
said, after a certain amount of ageing in wood. It keeps
indefinitely in tight bottles.
Burgimdy is produced from the juice of grapes grown on very-
chalky soil in the Province of Burgundy, France, which lies
south of Paris. This wine is either white or red, and its
alcoholic content ranges between 8 and 14% by volume.
There are many types and bouquets according to the vintage,
but the wines are universally dry (not sweet). The best
come from the section of Burgundy known as Cote d'Or.
(See Wine.)
Calisaya is a type of bitters. It is of South American origin,
and the bitter ingredient calisaya (from which it gets its
name) is a kind of Peruvian bark of the cinchona family
and contains quinine. (See Bitters.)
Catawba Win© varies much in kind. It may be dry, sweet,
still or bubbling. It is of domestic origin, beingmade from
the juice of the Catawba grape, which is grown around
Lake Erie. It is a light colored wine of high flavor. The
grape was discovered in 1801 in this country.
'Chaimpagne is properly a white sparkling wine produced in
the Champagne District of France. Its introducer was one
Perignon, of the Abbey of Hautvilliers, in the 17th cen
tury. To-day the name is used for other sparkling wines of
warious colors and of other places. America, for instance,
has made great progress in the art. The manufacture of
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