The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1896-03-05
lue- Making in Madeira.

RIG attention TO IT'S principal IN
.t af wine making. For more
centuries the wines OF this
been famouS-ever since the
.a Of the vine from Cyprus, I'M
t5iruage of the royal house of
u the year l425. In times
FL. le} were the fayorite beverage
/, lI ana why they are not yet it
hard to discover. Evidently
..I, WAS acquainted with them,
makes Poins say to Falstatf,
s..s N agreest the devil and thee
A -rJl. which thou soldest to him
r niay last for cup of Ma
u oce his day, generations of
a.. . continued to smack their lips
,l songs to "Old malmsey,' until
t.. . years ago. when the Prince
.. oweiyed the idea that malmsey
rgs .i-e to govt, and took to drink
AZ -I,', instead; whereupon all his
n.au All home and Anglomanicas
.s Immediately followed the fashion
~ ding Madeira. The best physi-
l.r- .Neyer. have always maintained a
mrgae opinion, and among these is
al - who naturally drink most of
IL. .9.- leverage, the aristocratic com
-.. Hr is unknown. Madeira wine
M. ul 1eeu specially popular in the
-t5tes. and within the last quar-
III uf since California wines have
oue g.5a front, our importation from
.5l.4 as fallen off fully two-thirds,
,e.s .v about $40, 600 worth per an
former times the wine industry
aud yielded an annual average of
a..es up to the year 1852, when,
.... V3ruing the blight came, a
ruit aud plant, called Oideum
ind the very next season the
-r .. o 100 pipes. That state of
is rH lued for 20 years, and the
tle almost annihilated, causing
1 e.. erug on the island from the
Ilst ri the only wealth. bear
-t. After a while the culture
-.-.une ,estored portion of Ma
prosperity, and later a way
rl' caunteracting the spread of
. partially resuming the pro
aae. This was by blowing
j. uf sulphur flowers all over the
Ia- apgs, a very tedious process,
b. vs. H. ma4ined. Still later came the
..- Lat American vines resist the
~ea>e. and great many of them
9ed to Madeira, with the best
.f7. but the simple hearted natives
ether things from America
Huh -he vines; and Madeira vines
-t uu4er to be depended upon as per
rme.
.u- north side of the island the
a--pJ heights are too exposed to At
y IlFN Ibi lItC lllUSl SUCCESSFUL GRAPE
l'lge. and the little wine made on that
.dr Is changed into brandy, which is
niA-.l with the best Madeira wines. On
die south side, the hills descend to the
SEA 9f 'asier decliyities, and their sunny
,opgS are densely covered with vine
'teS hat seem to fairly reel beneath
-G purple burden. Not only is every
'i' nI soil given up to the vines, which
me ained on trellises across the high
way aud by ways, but on rocky lodges
'lrle there was no soil earth has been
7ioH-hF from and vines planted in it.
nunisseurs declare that for richness OF
l'dH righteousness of flavor and i'm
nlnty from injury by Indifferent treat
AehJ these vines are unequalled, and in
---ope they have always sparkled on the
.'ards of those whose cellars contain
III arrest brands.
Madeira wine, par excellence, is made
lnm mixture of white and dark grapes,
'n0 from tight claret color it gradually
4aies tn rich topaz tint. The center O.
l'e VINE growing region is the Estreitt
i.S-tlet, and the way thereto from Fun
ia' Is the same which leads to the Crane
4'la and to san Nincente; so we ma,
1'l more birds than one with the same
one AS a portion of the road cannot b,
by horses, it is we'll to max,
Jazz "hoie journey in the hammock. The
'I3} bearers set off at a swinging pace
''' "eeh d walk and a trot; and keep it ~
'".'4sgtngiy all day long, whatever you
Ntup0lss II they are allowed to stoI
''siN three or four hours for few min
'a rest III some waysde venda ant
3' gwen the expected ''pour boire ,
''"'"'} mas the last struggling suburb
fuhchai faded from view befor,
Ve village of CANA do Lobos comes il
Si-h'' the whole glorious prospect domi
n"'Fd by the stupendous vertical elf
e''eu Nabo Gerain, 21S5 feet high, with
crown of pines on top, rising straight VI
from 'he surf that dashes at it's base, TIN
very tallest sea-cliff in the world. Jus
oeyond this cliff the Estreito district be
gus. vintage time in Madeira, from tn
middle OF September to the middle of DC
oDer' is the gayest season of the year
men the peasants, at work all day anon,
'De vines, are heard singing and improv