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86
DRINKS.
brated
connoisseur
has
arrived
after
an
exhaustive
examination
of
German
wines
is
this
:
**
On
the
whole^
the
wines
of
Bischeim,
Asmannskauser,
and
Laubenheim
are
very
pleasant
wines
;
those
of
rather
more
strength
are
Marcobrunne7\
Rildesheimer
and
Niersteiner,
while
those
oi
Johannisberg,
Geissenheim,
and
Hochheim
give
the
most
perfect
delicacy
and
aroma."
The
Germans
themselves
say
Rhein-wein,
fein-wein
;
Necker-weiiti
lecker-wein
;
Franken-wein,
tranken-wein
;
Mosel-wein^
unnosel-wein}
The
red
wines
of
the
Rhine
are
considered
inferior
to
the
white.
Red
Asmannshailser
is
perhaps
the
best.
Near
Lintz
Blischert
is
made.
Konigsbach
and
Altenahr
yield
ordinary
wines.
The
most
cele-
brated
of
Moselle
wines
is
the
Brauneberger,
of
which
the
varieties
are
numerous.
A
variety
called
Gruenhailser
was
formerly
styled
the
Nectar
of the
Moselle.
The
wines
of
Ahr,
of
which
some
are
red,
resemble
Moselles,
but
will
keep
longer.
Of
the
wines
of
the
Neckar
the
most
celebrated
is
Besig-
heim,
Baden,
Wisbaden,
Wangen,
and
Wlirtzberg,
all
grow
good
wines.
Of
the
last
Is
Stein-wein,
produced
on
a
mountain
so
called,
and
named
by
the
Hospital
^
Thus
unfortunately
translated,
Rhine
wine
is
good,
Neckar
plea-
sant,
Frankfort
bad.
Moselle
innocent.
But
Moselle,
we
have
been
told,
is
very
far
from
"
innocent,"
Unnosel
is
without
bouquet.
Tran-
ken
means
not
bad
but
drinkable,
and
lecker
is
rather
lickerish
than
good.
A
sample
of
the
same
carelessness
occurs
on
the
next
page,-
where
ein
weinfask
voti
anderhalb
ahm
ein
pipe
is
intended
to
express
ein
Weinfass
von
anderthalb
Ohm^
eine
Pipe.
It
is
a
pity
that
an
ex-
cellent
work,
to
which
we,
as
many
writers
on
wine
have
like
ourselves
been
deeply
indebted,
should
be
marred
by
these
irregularities,