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a
good deal
of
the
tannin
and
tartar
settles
during
maturation.
Port
wine,
of
good
quality
and old, taken
111
mod
eration,
is
the most wholesome
wine
produced.
Port
is especially
agreeable when taken
with
a
light
repast,
biscuit or
cake.
For
those
in
delicate
health,
a
glass
of
Port
taken
with
a repast
is
a
splendid
invigorator,
and
will
be found
very
beneficial
to those
suffering from
anaemia.
SHERRY.
The district of Jerez, from which
the
well-known
Spanish wines
derive
their
name
of “Sherry,” is sit
uated southwest
from
Jerez
de
la
Frontera
to
Port
St.
Mary
and
north
to San
Lucar. The principal
grapes
grown in
the
Sherry producing districts
are
the
Pedro Jimenez, Palomino,
Penimo,
Marituo
Cas
tellano.
The vintage
begins
in early
September.
The
grapes
are gathered
into
wooden troughs, and crushed by
the bare feet
of
the workmen,
after which
they are
pressed
in ан
old-fashioned wooden press, from
which
the
juice is
pumped
into large
casks.
Previous
to
this
operation, however,
a
small
quan
tity of
sulphate
of lime
is
sprinkled
upon the crushed
grapes.
This
sulphate
of lime
is produced by
burn'
ing
some
native
earth, found near
Jerez.
It
is
this
process
which
gives the
wine its peculiar
flavor
and develops
its volatile
ethers, the aroma.
The first racking of
the wine takes place
in June.
The
wines are now stored
in
large casks
in
the
bodegas,
where in
the course
of
one
or
two years re
markable
changes are
brought
about, some
of the
wines developing
into Amontillado,
others
into
Olo«