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tivated.
AHnto
and
Estremaditra
are
cbmparatlvely
new
wines.
The
white
wines
of
Tojal
and
the
vin-
tages
of
Palmella
and
Inglezinhos
have
only
to
be
known
to
become
popular.
The
province
of
Traz-os-
Montes,
in
spite
of
its
cUmate
of
nave
ntzzes
de
inverno,
e
tres
de
inferno,
produces
excellent
wines
in
the
Piaz
Vinhateiro.
Those
in
the
vicinity
of
the
river
Tua
and
the
Sabor
are
considered
by
connoisseurs
to
re-
semble
the
celebrated
Clos
Voicgeot.
There
is
a
remarkable
red
wine
called
Cornifesto,
and
the
white
wines
of
Areas,
Braganga,
Moraes,
Moncorvo,
and
Nosedo
are
excellent.
The
cup
of
Charneco
(2
Hen.
VI.
ii.
3),
a
wine
mentioned
by
Beaumont
and
Fletcher
and
Decker,
is
said
to
have
been
made
at
Charneco,
a
village
near
Lisbon
(^European
Magazine,
March,
1794).
Port-wine
is
accredited
with
producing
gout,
and
the
two
accompanying
illustrations
give
the
"
Intro-
duction
to
the
Gout,"
and
the
real
fiend
itself
Russia.
Kahetia
is
a
wine
produced
in
a
district
of
that
name,
east
of
Tiflis.
It
is
of
two
descriptions,
red
and
white,
and
is
much
esteemed
throughout
Trans-
caucasia.
As
it
is
kept
in
skins
made
t[ght
with
naphtha,
it
has
generally
a
slight
taste
of
leather
and
petroleum.
Gumbrinskod
is
a
sweet
wine
grown
in
the
Gumbri
district
of
the
Caucasus.
Donskod
Ckam-
panskod,
the
champagne
of the
Don,
is
said
by
Dr.
Charnock
to
be
a
very
good
wine,
and
better
than