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Drinks.
^5
These
are
only
some
of
the
wines
of
the
Medoc,
so
that
I
may
be
excused
from
recapitulating
the
names
of
the
different
growths
of
the
Graves,
the
Pays
de
Sauternes,
the
Cotes,
the
Palus,
and
those
of
Entredeux
Mers
—
their
name
is
legion,
and
it
would
answer
no
good
purpose.
Cocks,
in
his
Bordeaux
and
its
Wines,
gives
a
list
of 1,900
of
the
principal
growths,
so
that
we
can
have
a
good
choice
of
names
from
which
to
christen
our
''
Shilling
Gladstone."
The
wines
of
Bordeaux
used
to
be
greatly
drank
in
England
until
the
great
wars
with
France
—
in
the
last
century,
when,
of
course,
their
importation
was
prohibited
—
but,
even
then,
large
quantities
were
smuggled*
They
must,
however,
have
been
of
better
quality
than
the
cheap
stuff
now
imported.
In
Scot-
land,
where
an
affinity
with
France
always
existed,
it
was
a
common
drink,
and
very
cheap
;
for
in
Camp-
bell's
Life
of
Lord
Loughborough
(vi.
29),
we
find
that
excellent
claret
was
drawn
from
the
cask
at
eighteenpence
a
quart:
and
its
downfall
as
a
beverage
in
Scotland
is
thus
surtg
by
John
Home,
probably
in
allusion
to
the
Methuen
Treaty
of
1703.
"Firm
and
erect
the
Caledonian
stood.
Prime
was
his
mutton,
and
his
claret
good
:
Let
him
drink
port,
an
English
Statesman
cried
;
He
drank
the
poison,
and
his
spirit
died."
The
white
wines
of
these
districts
are
delicious,
and
are
not
sufficiently
appreciated
in
England,
where
we
know
very
little
of
the
Sauternes,
Bommes,
Barsac,
Fargues,
St.
Pierre
de
Mons,
Preignac,
and
those
of
Petits
Graves
and
the
Cotes.
Chief
of
all
is