1860 A Treatise on the Manufacture , Imitation, Adulteration and Reduction of Foreign Wines, Brandies, .

WINE.

VIN,

~French;

WEIN,

Germ.;

VINO,

It._,

Span.

Il\'E

is the fermented juice of the grape. The

strongest wines come from the Southern States

of Europe. The grapes of those countries, con–

taining a larger quantity of sugar, afford a more

abundant production of alcohol; consequently,

the best Sherry, Port, and Madeira are fur–

nished from that P.Ortion of the continent. Bur–

gundy, and other temperate climes, produce the

finest-flavored wines, which cannot be done in

countries farther north, in consequence of the

difference of the degrees of temperature.

Wines derive their nan1es from the different

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