1934 Cocktail Bill Boothby's World Drinks and how to mix them

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BOOTHBY'S WORLD DRINKS

Many countries now produce wine;in fact, to name one that did not would prove most difficult. But no other countries pro duce the pleasant, spirited product, generally recognized as a wine of bouquet and body, and fit to grace the modern table, as do France, the United States, Italy, portions of Germany and a few other sections throughout this planet. True, to Spain we are indebted for most superior Sherries, the town of Jerez, in that country, being famous for its output. This wine, at its best, is a non-sweet liquid of most magnificent body and bouquet. Aside from a beverage. Sherry is used by most famous chefs in the preparation of fancy dishes. In most instances. Sherry is a blended product, but it may be secured as vintage. Sherry improves constantly with age, but only in wood. Another famous fortified wine is Port. This beverage was originated in Portugal, in which country the finest still is pro duced. This is a heavy,fruity wine, serviceable only as an after- dinner drink, or in the afternoon, or evening, with cakes. Port, like Sherry, is chiefly a blended product, but also may be se cured in vintage. Port, unlike Sherry, is best around ten years old, but instances are known of it having reached a very old age without disintegration or becoming stringy. To Italy we are indebted for the finest of Muscatel and to Hungary for unexcelled Tokay. Among other well-known heavy (fortified) wines are Malaga, Angelica, Canary and Madeira. To this point, all wines referred to have been of the heavy type, which means that brandy, in various amounts, has been added. They all will keep indefinitely with no care whatever. The subject of light, or table, wines now confronts us. France, above all European countries, and, in the Western Hemisphere, certain portions of California have proven beyond any doubt to have been most copiously endowed by Mother Nature for the proper growth of vines and the production of fine wines. It is in these sections, and in them alone, that the three