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WINES
OF
GERMANY
German
wines
are
grown
principally
on
the
banks
of
the
Rhine,
and
are
generally
known
as
Hocks.
Those
grown
on
the
banks
of
the
Moselle
are
designated
as
Moselles.
There
are
many
varieties
of
German
wines,
and
their
names
denote
principally
the
district
of
their
growth.
German
wines
are
of
great
medical
value.
They
are
strengthening
to
the action
of
the
heart
and
diffuse
cheer-
fulness,
without
leaving
adverse
results,
which
more
alco-
holic
beverages
might
produce.
Moselle
wines
especially
are
prescribed
by
the
medical
profession
as
highly
beneficial
in
all
affections
of
the
liver
and
kidneys.
They
are
consid-
ered
anti-diabetic
in
their
action
and
to
minimize
gouty
tendencies.
MOSELLE
Moselle
as
a
highly
etheral
wine
is
also
very
useful
in
cases
of
cerebral
and
cardiac
exhaustion,
it
stimulates
the
action
of
the
liver
and
kidneys,
and
is
generally
credited
with
being
otherwise
beneficial.
It
is
said
to
be
anti-dia-
betic,
and
does
not
increase
the
gouty
tendency.
HOCKS
Hocks
have
great
fragrance
and
vinosity
and
are
pre-
eminently
the
wines
most
suitable
for
intellectual
enjoy-
ment,
as
they
are
particularly
exhilarating
and
increase
the
appetite.
Being
of
light
alcoholic
strength,
but
rich
in
vola-
tile
ethers,
they
are
exceedingly
efficacious,
and
do
not
(like
Clarets)
so
quickly
spoil
after
opening.
The
finer
qualities
widely
differ
in
flavor
from
each
other,
and
being
rich
in
ethers
are
much
valued
as a
stimulant
in
sustaining
the
nervous
force
of
the
heart,
while
its
en-
feebled
muscular
tissue
has time
in
which
to
recuperate.
For
serious
nervous
prostration
their
value
as
a
remedy
can hardly
be
overestimated;
their
beneficial
effects
being
strikingly
exhibited
in
bringing
back
a
stronger
and
steadier
heartbeat,
thus
calming
any
attendant
irritability
which
is
of
the
utmost
importance
to
the
patient.
SWEET
BITTERWINES
French
wines
have
been
divided
into
four
distinct
classes,
namely:
Red
Wines,
White
Wines,
Sparkling
Wines
and
Liqueur
Wines.
In
the
latter
class
are
included
all
the
various
aperitifs
such
as
Dubonnet,
which
is
an
appetizer
made
from
a
sweet
French
wine,
strongly
infused
with
a
solution
of
Peruvian
bark.
Its
tonic
properties
are
exten-
sively
acknowledged.
Byrrh
wine
is
a
high-class
appetizing
and
tonic
wine
pre-
pared
with
exceptionally
generous
wines.
Amer
Picon,
a
French
bitters,
or
aperitif,
made
from
French
sweet
wine
infused
from
bitter
herbs.
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