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MIXED DRINKS.
Sauternes. First growths, Chateau La Tour Blanche,
Bommes,etc. Second growths.Chateau Myoat,Barsac,
etc.-
We mention the sparkling wines of France in a
special article on Champagne wine.
Next to France comes Spain in reputation for any
considerable quantity of good wines, commercially
speaking. She sailed into prominence on sherry,which
is known in many countries, and the red wines of Ter-
rogona and Eioja have since entered largely into the
commerce ot the Peninsular. France sells or stores
her high-priced wines and buys cheaper ones from
Spain, America and other countries, for blending and
home consumption. Spain also exports, via Catalona,
large quantities of what are known as Spanish reds,
viz.,portand claret,to Great Britian and other countries,
and they they are of good quality, too.
Sherry gets its name from Jerez (Xeres) de la
Frontero, the central point of this industry in Andalu
sia, Spain. The best Spanish sherries are dry Manzan-
illa,Amontillado and Vino de Pasto. The Amonitallado
class is subdivided into Fino and Oloroso. A similar
wine is known as Montilloj another is Moguer used for
blending. Malaga is a sweet wine from Muscat grapes.
The Rota district produces a sweet wine known as