104 UA-58907690-1
The
Wine,
(if
it
can
be
so called)
which
is
now
brought
over
to
the
London
Docks,
advertised
at
so
cheap
a
rate,
and
so
conveniently
situated
for
re-shipment
to
France,
should
the
Dealers
be
so
unsuccessful
as
not
to
find
people
foolish
enough
to
become
purchasers,
is,
as
I
have
satisfactorily
as-
certained
from
the
best
authority,
which
must
quite
refute
the
silly
assertions
and
borrowed
ex-
planations,
made
use
of
in
our
modern
cheap
Wine
advertisements,
nothing
more,
than
a
compound
of
the
refuse
of
various
French
Wines,
thrown
to-
gether,
with
a
portion
of
French
Cyder,
which,
though
comparatively
an
expensive
ingredient,
is
admirably
adapted
for
the
purpose
of
giving
an
ap-
pearance
of
body
;
to
this
is
added,
as
some
further
qualification,
a
proportionate
quantity
-of
what
is
termed
'
third
quality
wine,'*
a
description,
which,
*
The
class
-of
Wine
here
referred
to,
as
forming
a
component
part
of
the
mixture
which
is
now
shipped
for
Claret
to
this
coun-
try
by
some
of
our
advertising
dealers,
may
in
some
measure
be
estimated
from
the
manner
in
which
the
manufacture
of
it
is
per.
formed
in
France.
At
the
proper
season
of
the
year,
when
the
grapes
have
arrived
at
maturity,
they
are
gathered,
and
deposited
in
large
vats.
The
juice
which
is
detached
from
them
by
their
own
pressure,
and
which
runs
into
a
vessel
placed
to
receive
it,
constitutes
the
base
of
that
which
the
vintners
term
the
'first
quality'
and
is
carefully
secured
in
separate
utensils,
the
utmost
attention
being
paid
to
its
fermentation
and
subsequent
treatment.
After
this
vinous
liquid
has
drained
from
the
vat,
till
no
more
can
be
obtained,
a
number
of
men
are
employed
in
that
vessel
to
tread
out
the
grapes
which
have
been
deposited
therein,
which
process
is
performed
with
the
naked
feet
!
and
without
even
the
slightest
arrangement
as
to
cleanliness
the
necessity
of
which,
when
it
is