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flow
from
the
festive
pergolas
and
harbors
laden
with
the
golden
bunches
of
the
Capri,
or
with
the
pnrple
frnit
that
yields
the
Falernian,
or
with
the
aromatic
grapes,
from
which
Lach-
ryma
Christi
is
obtained.
Of
Lachryma
Christi,
which
is
an
amber-colored
wine,
pos-
sessing
a
prononnced
and
agreeable
bouquet,
and
a
delicions,
frnity
flavor of
its
own,
Henry
Yizetelly,
a
compétent
English
authority,
in
his
well-known
book,
"The
Wines
of
the
World,"
states
:
"At
the
head
of
South
Italian
wines,
one
unquestion-
ably
has
to
place
the
far-famed
Lachryma
Christi,
the
product
of
the
loose
volcanic
soil
of
Mount
Vesnyius,
and
an
exceedingly
lnscions
wine,
of
refreshing
flavor."
A
snperior
semi-dry,
or
dry,
sparkling
variety
of
Lachryma
Christi,
has
lately
been
prodnced,
which
combines
the
intrinsic
merits
of
this
wine
with
the
exhilarating
qualities
of
a
spark-
ling
wine,
and
also
a
red
variety
is
known,
obtained
from
the
Lachryma
grape.
No
brand,
ancient
or
modem,
has
enjoyed
snch
endnring
or
extensive
celebrity
as
Falernian.
The
Falernian
of
antiquity
came
from
Monnt
Massico,
and
its
modem
namesake
is
pro-
dnced
in
the
hilly
volcanic
district
extending
from
Pozzuoli
to
Cnma.
It
is
prepared
from
grapes
that
are
allowed
to
remain
on
the vines
nntil
late
in
the
fall
and
gathered
when
overripe,
the
jnice
being
conseqnently
very
rich.
Of
Falernian,
to-day,
two
varieties
are
prodnced:
One
red,
endowed
with
great
bouquet,
gênerons
strength,
fnll
body,
délicate,
velvety
flavor;
another,
golden
white,
gênerons,
richly
flavored,
with
an
aromatic
bonqnet
of
its
own.
White
Capri
is
a
refreshing,
délicate,
fragrant,
snb-acid-
nlons
wine,
of
a
pale,
primrose
color,
resembling
in
its
charac-
teristics
the
Chablis
of
Burgnndy.
Ked
Capri
is
a
gênerons
fragrant,
rnby-colored
wine,
with
greater
body
than
the
white,
velvety
to
the
taste,
and
to
be
taken
with
roast
meat.
The
Sonth
of
Italy,
with
its
gênerons
vintages,
supplies
légion
of
well-known
brands,
snch
as
the
sweet
Muscat
of
Trani,
the
Malmsey
of
Lipari,
the
aromatic
and
strongly-scenteà
dessert
wines
of
Calabria
(Zagarese
and
Gerace),
and
the
robust,
heavy-bodied,
red
wines
of
Bari,
Barletta,
Lecce
and
Gallipoli.
Through
the
delicions
perfume
of
orange
blossoms
cornes
to
us
the
famé
of
the
celebrated
wines
of
Sicily,
where
the
feast
of
the
son
of
Jupiter
and
Semele
is
a
continuons
one,
finding
its
flow
in
the
Muscat
of
Syracuse,
suggestive
of
the
honey
of
Mount
Ibla,
in
its
nectar
eous
confrère
of
Segesta,
in
the
rather
strong,
but
highly
fragrant,
Albanello
and
Naccarella,
in
the
Nelsonian
vintages
of
the
Duchy
of
Bronte,
supplied
to
the