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Wines.
Voslauer
is
a
good
clean
amber
wine,
and
very
sound.
The
sparkling
Voslauer
will
hold
its
own
against
any
Champagne.”
Hungaiy
is
estimated
to
produce
96,000,000
gallons
of
wine
—
wine
being
the
universal
beverage
of
the
nation
—
of
which
the
best
known
is
Tokay,
as
the
wine
of
that
particular
district
is
called.
Imperial
Tokay
is
a
very
rich
luscious
wine,
of
peculiar
flavour,
and
exquisite
delicacy.
It
is
very
choice,
extremely
rare,
and
is
much
sought
after.
Of
the
old
wine
(vino
vitrauno)
it
is
said
the
Emperor
of
Austria,
desiring
to
present
some
to
the
ex-King
of
Holland,
and
the
stock
in
the
imperial
cellars
not
being
considered
sufficiently
aged,
two
thousand
bottles
were
obtained
from
Cracow,
at
seven
ducats
the
bottle,
which
makes
the
cost
about
£o
6
s.
per
bottle.
This
particular
wine
has
been
known
to
realize
as
much
as
£36
per
dozen
at
Cracow,
which
is
the
principal
depot
for
it.
Why
it
is
sold
at
so
fabulous
a
price
can
only be
accounted
for
by
its
extreme
scarcity,
the
demand
greatly
exceeding
the
supply.
There
is
some
excellent
wine
produced
in
the
neighbourhood
of
Tokay,
and
it
has
been
estimated
that
the
dis-
trict
can
produce
4,000,000
bottles
of
wine,
but
of
this
quantity
not
more
than
one-fourth
is
Ausbruch.
The
wine
of
Buda
(or
Ofen)
was
once
a
great