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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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