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Colonial
Wines.
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favourite
in
England.
Next
to
Tokay
in
celebrity
is
Menos
wine.
It
is
red
in
colour,
rich
and
highly
flavoured.
Another
red
wine,
Carlowitz,
is
a
sound
wine.
Of
the
white
varieties,
the
(Edenburger
is
botli
a
sound
and
refreshing
wine.
The
dry
Muscat,
Szamarodi,
and
Erlauer,
are
also
good
wines
for
general
use.
There
are
many
other
wines
produced
in
different
parts
of
Europe,
which
are
principally
consumed
on
the
spot
by
the
producers,
and
which,
when
they
occasionally
find
their
way
to
market,
are
mostly
used
for
“
blending”
with
wines
of better
and
choicer
growths.
Of
our
Colonial
wines,
there
are
not
any
that
can
bear
comparison
with
the
wines
of
Europe.
The
best
Australia
produces
is
a
wine
called
Cwctrra
,
which
much
resembles
a
second-rate
Rhenish
wine.
Great
efforts
have,
however,
been
made
of
late
years
to
extend
and
improve
the
culture
of
the
vine
in
this
great
country.
The
Cape
of
Good
Hope
sends
quantities
of
ser-
viceable
wine
to
England
;
this
is
well
known
under
the
general
term
of
Cape,
or
“
South
African
but
the
best
wine
from
that region
is
Constantia,
so
named
from
the
township
near
where
it
is
grown.
Constantia
is
both
red
and
white
;
it
is
a
luscious
wine,
and
has
been
held
in
high
repute
for
more