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DRINKS.
Into
this
wine,
as
into
some
others,
the
Spaniards
are
wont
to
put
roasted
pears,
under
the
conceit
that
thereby
it
is
much
improved
in
taste
and
rendered
more
wholesome.
Hence
arose
the
proverb
Bl
vino
de
las
peras
dalo
a
qiiien
bien
qui^ras.
Malaga
X^res
is
often
known
in
England
as
the
pale,
gold,
dry-
sherry,
^
as
the
wines
of
Alicant,
Benicarlos,
and
Valencia
are
sold
as
a
rich
and
fruity
Port.
The
so-
called
Amontillado
Sherry
is
very
often
the
outcome
of
accident.
Out
of
a
hundred
butts
of
sherry
from
the
same
vineyard,
some,
says a
great
authority,
will
be
Amontillado,
without
the
manufacturers
being
able
to
account
for
it.
At
Cordova,
a
dry
wine
called
Montilla
is
commonly
drunk.
Switzerland.
Swiss
wines
are
commonly
consumed
only
in
Swit-
zerland.
The
best
is
produced
in
the
Grisons,
called
Ckiave7tna,
aromatic
and
white
from
the
red
grape.
A
white
Malvana
of
good
quality
is
made
in
the
Valais.
It
is
luscious,
as
is
Chiavenna.
The
Valais
also
furnishes
red
wines,
made
at
La
Marque
and
Coquempin
in
the
district
of
Martigny.
Schaffhausen
gives
plenty
of
red
wine.
The
wine
of
blood'^
is
manufactured
at
Basle.
These
wines
are
also
known
as
those
of
the
Hospital
and
St.
Jaques.
The
red
1
The
fine
old
Amoroso,
of
which
a
small
stock
is still
remaining.
2
So
called
from
the
battle
of
Birs,
in
the
reign
of
Louis
XL,
in
which
1,
600
Swiss
opposed
30,000
French,
and
only
sixteen
of
the
former
survived.
The
fallen
succumbed,
we
are
told,
less
to
the
power
of
the
foe
than
to
the
fatigue
of
the
fighting.