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that
even,
the
most
costly
Wines,
are
neither
pro-
tected
from
the
mischievous
ingenuity
of
our
cheap
sellers,
nor
forgotten
in
their
adulterating
vocabu-
lary.
Whether
the
importations
of
Cape
Burgundy,
Cape
Hermitage,
Cape
Hock,
Cape
Santerne,
8$c.
which
frequently
arrive
in this
country
from
the
Cape
of
Good
Hope,
may
constitute
any
basis,
from
the
use
of
which,
an
extra
profit
is
derived
on
the
Wines,
to
which
they
are
made
to
bear
some
slight
resemblance,
I
shall
not
pretend
to
say
;
a
view
of
the
means
employed
to
advertise
cheap
Claret,
and
more
particularly
cheap
Cham-
pagne,
will,
1
doubt
not,
fully
answer
the
purposes
of
this
Treatise
with
respect
to
French
Wines.
CLARET.
The
adulterations
of
this
Wine,
as
carried
on,
in
the
cellars
of
our
placarders
and
advertisers,
may
be
summed
up
in
few
words
;
a
small
quantum
of
Spanish
Red
Wine,
and
a portion
of
Rough
Cyder,
(the
latter,
I
am
informed,
being
an
article
not
un-
frequently
applied
in
the
making
up
of
cheap
Clarets
abroad,)
is
introduced
into
a
cask
contain-
ing
inferior
Claret,
a
colour
being
previously
added
to
the
Cyder,
by
means
of
Berry-dye,
or
Tincture
of
Brazil
Wood,
the
difference
in
duty
and
cost
price,
and
a
little
management
in
the
apportioning
what
is
used
of
the
Spanish
Red
Wine
and
Cyder,
at
once
enabling
the
cheap
sellers,
to
reduce
the
ti