147 / 164
OF
MIXED DRINKS
147
should
be
chilled
slowly, and
be
served at
a
tem
perature
of not
below
42
degrees.
~
A
good many Sauternes are bottled at the cha
teau, and to be authentic,
should
be
properly
marked on
cork
and label.
The
best vintages
in recent
years are:
1864, 1865,
1869, 1874, 1884, 1887, 1893, 1899, 1904.
Rhine
and
Moselle
wines have
in
late years great
ly gained
in
favor, and when the
qaulities
and tine
ness
of
these Wines are to be taken
into
consid
eration,
their
increased
popularity
is
well
deserved.
Rhine
wines have
great fragrance
and
vinosity
and are pre-eminently the
wines
most suitable
for
intellectual
enjoyment,
as
they are
particularly
ex
hilarating
and increase the appetite.
Being of light alcoholic
strength, but
rich
in
volatile
ethers, they are exceedingly efficacious, and
do
not (like clarets)
so
quickly spoil after
opening.
The finer qualities widely diifer
in flavor, and
being
rich in
ethers are much valued
as a
stimu
lant in sustaining
the nervous
force of
the
heart
while its
enfeebled
muscular
tissue recuperates.
For
serious nervous
prostration their
value
as a
remedy can
hardly
be
overestimated,
their
bene
ficial
effects being
strikingly
exhibited in
bringing
back
a
stronger
and
steadier heart
beat, thus calm
ing
any attendant
irritability
which is of
the utmost
importance to the patient.
Moselle
wines are
of
a
quite
distinct
character,
tine,
of
a
grape flavor, very
light
and delicate,
de
cidedly fruity
and
known
t0 be a
most wholesome
and
refreshing
beverage.
The
finest
growth of
the
Moselle
and
its tribu
tary, the
River
Saar, are
Scharzhofberger, Scharz
berger,
Berncasteler
Doctor, Brauneberger,
Josephs