1876 Facts About Sherry by Henry Vizetelly

Wines of the Seville and Moguer Districts.

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wMch tliey avail themselves of the Moguer growths, and affect to speak contemptuously of these' -wines. It is, nevertheless, quite certain that some 15,000butts ofthe "wines in question are sent away from Moguer regularly every year,the hulk being no doubt shipped to England as sherry, principally from the Trocadero mole, and to some extent even from Moguer itself, the port whence four centuries ago Columbus sailed with his little fleet on that famous first transatlantic voyage which re sulted in the discovery of the West Indies. On the summit of a height rising from the seashore some few miles distant stands the abandoned convent of La Eabida,where Columbus sought shelter, and so impressed the prior with the truth of his theories that the latter accorded him a steady protection, which led eventuallyto the realisation ofthe adventurous navigator's long- cherished projects.

EMPTYINO THE GEAPES IKIO THE EAGAE.