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WINES
Wine is justly considered the most wholesome of beverages.
1934 has been,according to official figures, the greatest wine
producing year yet known. It is therefore of interest to write
about it.
The 38 wine growing countries mentioned below:
Algeria, Argentine, Australia, Austria, the Azores and Canary
Islands, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chili, Corsica, Cze-
cho-Slovakia, Egypt, Germany, Greece and its Islands, Hungary,
Italy, jugo-Slavia, Luxemburg, Madeira, Mexico, Morocco,
Palestine, Peru, Portugal, Rumania and Bessarabia, Russia,
South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey and Cyprus,
U'.S. of America, Uruguay and France, have actually produced
the impressive amount of 100,000,000,000 (one hundred
billion) bottles, about five times the quantity of 1933.
Grapes will grow wherever there is a little sun. Since Caesar
and the early Christian fathers discovered that the climate and
soil of France produced superlatively fine wine,the French have
made the best of ideal conditions until pure wine-making has
become an art in which they excel.
They have proved that"years"are real tests ofquality. No
people more than the wine growers of Bordeaux, Burgundy
and Champagne would like to have all years "great years".
The next best thing to annual "great years" is purity and
naturalness. This is what French wine producers insist on.
A good wine merchant, a good wine-butler or a good barman
will always recommend real French wine.
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