60 / 374
6o
DRINKS:
Sparkling),
red
Aliso
and
Angelico.
Wine
has
been
made
from
the
vines
on
the
Ohio,
said
to
resemble
Bordeaux
in
quality.
In
several
parts
of
Mexico,
as
at
Passo
del
Norte,
at
Zalaya,
and
at
St.
Louis
de
la
Paz,
wines
are
made
of
tolerable
flavour.
The
red
wine
of
California
is
agreeable.
In
Florida,
according
to
Sir
John
Hawkins,
wine
was
made
from
a
grape
like
that
of
Orleans,
as
far
back
as
1564.
The
island
of
Cuba
possesses
a
''
light,
cool,
sharp
wine,"
ac-
cording
to
Redding.
In
South
America
wine
was
made
long
ago
in
Paraguay.
A
sweet
wine
resembling
Malaga
is
made
at
Mendoza,
at
the
foot
of
the
Andes,
and
is
found
to
improve
by
transportation
some
thousand
miles
across
the
Pampas.
The
wines
made
in
Chili
and
Peru
are
white
and
red.
The
Muscatel
6i
Chili
is
considered
to
be
especially
good.^
The
white
wine
of
Nasca
is
inferior.
The
wine
of
Pisco
is
highly
esteemed.
Though
the
white
is
held
by
con-
noisseurs
to
be
superior
to
the
red
wine
of
Chili,
yet
it
is
little
drunk
in
the
cradle
of
its
production.
Chacoli
is
a
wine
commonly
patronised
by
labourers.
The
Mosto
of
Concepcion
differs
from
Mosto
asoleado
by
the
grapes
of
the
latter
being sun
dried
for
some
twenty
days.
Australia.
Australian
wines
are
pretty
well
known
from
our
tradesmen's
circulars.
For
instance,
there
is
the
GouaiSy
the
Carbinet^
a
soft
wine
like
Burgundy,
the
1
Chili
has
lately
taken
Paris
medals
for
its
wines
;
it
also
pro-
duces a
light
and
wholesome
beer.