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Wines.
Monte
Fiascone
is
an
aromatic
intoxicating
O
wine,
made
in
the
Roman
States,
while
that
named
Yino
Greco
is
a
rich
kind
made
in
Naples,
from
the
grape
so
called.
Although
the
wines
of
Italy
are
not
much
known
in
this
country,
it
must
not
be
supposed
that
the
Italians
cannot
produce
good
wine,
although
they
export
very
little.
The
wines
of
Greece
are
good,
sound,
unbrandied,
yet firm-bodied
wines,
and
bid
fair,
through
the
steady
advocacy
of
Mr.
Denman,
well
known
as
the
author
of
“The
Vine
and
its
Fruit,”
to
become
as
generally
appreciated
in
this
country
as
they
were
during
the
mediaeval
age,
when
these
wines
fur-
nished
an
important
beverage
at
the
social
gather-
ings
of
the
time,
under
the
name
of
Cyprus,
Malmsey,
or
Malmesyne,
so
named
from
Malvagnia
in
the
Morea,
from
whence
the
Malmsey
grape
originally
came.
Dr.
Henderson
tells
us
that
“
throughout
nearly
the
whole
of
Greece
the
soil
is
highly
favourable
to
the
vine.
On
the
Continent,
the
extensive
range
of
mountains
which
intersect
the
country
are
chiefly
calcareous.
In
those
islands
'which
have
been
celebrated
for
their
genei'al
fer-
tility
and
the
superiority
of
their
vines,
Scio,
Tenedos,
Candia,
Zante,
&c.,
similar
strata
occur.