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DRINKS
A
LA
MODE
Port.
This
wine
is
produced
in
the
district
of
the
Cima
de
Douro,
in
Portugal.
Oswald
Crawford,
in
his
Consular
Commercial
Report,
writes
:
'
The
wine-making
is
in
all
essential
particulars
very
cautiously
and
skilfully
performed.
The
over-ripe
grapes
are
picked
out
and
the
best
are
thrown
into
a
large
stone-built
lager
or
vat.
Into
this
as
many
men
as
can
easily
find
room
enter
and
tread
out
the
juice,
when
it
is
allowed
to
stand
till
a
thorough
fermentation
has
taken
place
;
then
a
small
portion
of
brandy
is
added
to
prevent
the
wine
from
run-
ning
into
an
excessive
fermentation
and
so
losing
much
of
its
saccharine
matter.'
The
colour
of
port
wine
varies
much
;
sometimes
it
is
dark
red
or
else
a
deep
tawny
brown.
Champagne
is
produced
in
the
vineyards
in
the
departments
of
Seine
et-Marne,
Aube,
Yonne,
Haute-Saone,
and
Ardennes.
There
are
white
and
red
champagnes.
The
white
is
either
sparkling
or
still.
Sparkling
(Mousseux)
champagne
is
the
result
of
a
peculiar
treatment
during
fermentation.
The
best
varieties
of
this
wine
are
produced
at
Rheims
and
Epernay.
Among
the
white
champagnes
of
the
first
class
the
best
are
those
of
Sillery,
which
are
of
a
fine
amber
hue,
dry,
spirituous,
and
possessing
a
superior
bouquet.
Age
of
Wine.
Wines
differ
considerably
in
their
power
of
en-
durance
and
the
requisite
time
to
bring
them
to