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RH INE W I NES
A ll lovers of fi ne Rhines know that the best is produced in
what the German s term the Rheingau, a region of hill s on the
right bank of the Rhine. A ll Rhine W ines possess marked
chemical characteristics ; they contain very little sugar, and the
proportion o f alco hol rarely exceeds twelve parts in a
hundred ;"'~
hence, they are of g reat value medicinally.
( From James Richmond Sheen's "Treatise on Wine.")
"The temperate use of Wine of pure quality and proper age
promotes digestion, cxhilirates the spirits, sharpens the
wit
and
calls into action all the intellectual powers. In Sacred 'Writ,
Paul exhorts Timothy to 'drink no longer water, but use a little
Wine for
thy
stomach's sake, and for thine often infi rmities.'
-
Timothy, v. 23. Burton, in his 'Anatomy of Melancholy,' ob–
serves that 'a cup of generous wine to those whose minds arc
still and motionless, is, in my opinion, an excellent physic.'
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