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A
BACHELOR'S
CUPBOARD
Correct
Wines
for
all
Occasions
be
moved
until
it
is
wanted
for
table
use.
Great
heat
or
cold
is
unfavorable
in
keeping
it,
and
the
tempera-
ture
should
be
carefully
attended
to.
Sauternes,
wines
of
the
Gironde,
are
white
wines
of
considerable
repute.
They
are
bottled
from
the
wood
after
seven
or
eight
years,
and
are excellent
dinner
wines,
particularly
the
Haut
Sauterne.
It
^s
advisable
in
purchasing
Sauterne
to
get that of
the
best
quality.
Sweet
whines
or
dessert
wines
are
not
so
much
drunk
as
formerly,
liqueurs
being
substituted
for
these
''
vins
de
liqueurs,"
as
the
French
term
them.
The
Musca-
dines,
Frontignacs,
and
Lunals
of
the
south
of
France,
Lachryma
Christi
of
Naples,
sweet
Syracuse
and
Cyprus,
made
between
Paphos,
Olympus,
and
Limasol,
w^here
is
the
great
wine
mart,
are
favorite
sweet
wines.
It
is
not
every
bachelor
who
can
boast
a
wine
cellar
;
indeed,
save
for
one
possessed
of
more
than
ordinary
wealth,
a
cellar
is
an
expensive
luxury.
The
bachelor
of
Gray's
Inn
stored
his
wine
under
his
bed,
**
because
it
would
be
drunk
fast."
A
Devonshire
esquire
who
loved
wine
"
better
than
anything
but
his
horse,"
stowed
his
wines
in
a
corner
cupboard
near
his
spa-
cious
fireplace,
w^ith
dire
result;
and
a
Scot
who
pur-
chased
a
dozen
bottles
of
choice
vintage
cellared
them
in
a
cock-loft
for
a
special
evening
at
home
with
friends.
When
evening
was
advanced,
not
dreaming
that
his
dozen
were
drunk
out,
he
called
his
Jeannie
to
bring
**
another
bottle
of
No.
5."
*'
I
wonder
what
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