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Rhenish

Wines.

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part

of

it

would

have

the

honour

to

mix

with

the

heart’s

blood

of the

hero.

Nelson

took

the

old

gentleman

kindly

by

the

hand,

but

would

only

accept

six bottles

;

twelve

were

sent,

and

the

hero

remarked

he

hoped

to

have

so

many

victories,

so as

to

drink

his

Hamburg

friend’s

health

with

a

bottle

after

each.

An

effervescing

wine

is

made

from

the

lower

Rhine

growths,

but

it

has

not

any

recommendable

merit

except

cheapness,

not

having

the

quality

of

good

Rhenish,

or

the

rich

fine

flavour

of

Champagne,

which

it

endeavours

to

imitate.

Whoever

desires

a

sound,

honest

wine,

which

will

impart

cheerfulness

instead

of

pressing

on

the

brain,

yet

a

wine

of

delicate

aroma

containing

very

little

alcohol,

let

him

drink

Rhenish

wine.

The

wine

designated

Liebfrauenmilch,”

made

in

the

vicinity

of

Worms,

is

an

excellent

wine.

Many

other

valuable

wines

are

produced

on

the

banks

of

the

Necker

and

other

rivers

which

flow

into

the

Rhine,

and

are

known

by

the

name

of

the

locality

where

they

are

grown.

The

sweet

wine

called

Calmus

is

made

at

Asch-

affenberg,

near

Frankfort.

The

rich

and

luscious

straw

wine

of

Colmar

is

made

from

over-ripe

grapes,

placed

between

layers

of

straw

and

pressed.

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