The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1867-05-18
The Truth about Wine.

Long before Christian era the sunny hills in the
delightful chimes covered with Vineyards whose fruits
for many succeeding years the wne themes
for poets and cheer the hearts of We have direct
evidence of the of wine before the anteduvan period
indeed if will take the authority of Franklin may
that vines then existed for he writes in aceous letter to
friend the Able Moreet:-" Before Noah, could
arrive the t because they had nothing else to drink but
they astray deteroated most abominaby and
thus justly by the water they loved to
drink"
Certainly, wine has been general in countries
blessed with genial climate and proper soil for its production
All classes of have drunk it. the rich have enjoyed the
and delicate which their wealth could bring them
and the poor have forgotten their hardps in the less COSTLY
but still generous abundant noursng juice of the grape
DESTINATIONS and Cato reported have frequently
required the destroyer pure old wne in order to
"Narratur ct prisi sspe caiuisse virus"
He allowed Also his abores on his farm eighty gallons of
wine each for their consumption, every year.
The ancents esteemed lower Italy the most favored country
of all for its boundess fertility and genial climate not only
ing wine of the best quality Indeed crop grown
Mount Vesuvius about hundred and be-
fore era produced awine which, for hundred
praised song the delicious drink tasted
The Faernan and Masc wines originated there AT
ent tme even, the foot of this mountain the socOns
ing for the most part of lava in state OF decomposition
yields that superb wine known Lacrymae Christi"
of Christ" The soil of the whole of lower Italy,
delightfully."- exposed the genial of the yet pro-
tected by Apennines from cold Winds is exuberant
to have called forth the praises of of all in poetry
and prose- said admit the growths of the torrd
cotton cultivated the plains of Sorrento in 1872
with much furnish sixty thousand bales and if
the nhabtant lived suggishy unobervng and nsensble
the advantages of the situation the stranger cannot fail to be
charmed with the luxuant display of vegetable life which
bursts his sight In ancient times the hills in these parts
seemed continuous vineyard and much bestowed
to maintain the quality of the produce which famed
throughout the world The "immorta" Faernan grew here
and it's fame will descend the remotes ages along with the
mighty masters of the Tyre who have sung its praises
1t be definitely ascertained how many varieties Of
wines known to the ancient Italians. Pny and Column
ella enumerate about seventy worthy to be noted others
have doubled this number From Italy culture passed
into Gau and Spain The latter country rvaed in
of its varieties the famed wines of Italy Of COURSE it
is almost impossible modern wines back to the
classic wines of early ages which the species has been
plantation different kinds of engagement serious atera
ons and even tansmutaton be effected organic mat
ter STILL from studying the characteristics of the Vs Ap
the sweetness and fragrance of which attracted the bees
but be struck by the likeness delicious MScat
wines, grown the same locality. writer remarks that
Rnane Heres of the moderns resembles in its properties the
Faernian of the ancents adding that the popularity
lists with respect to the produce of the fermentation it being
impossible always predict with certainty whether the vim
tage will produce dry sueeth wine But, thing is
certain that however perfect and delicious grape be
when in its native, bamy cline, transplant it soil and
climate uncongena its nature will impair the wine in
portion the difference 1t is therefore, ridiculous to at
tempt the production of Madeira winethe old genuine fruit
of that delightfully."- situated island famed by the breezes of
the Gulf Seamwithou having not only the Madeira stock
its frap