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... / 0 - Effects of Vine Disease Prices in Montpellier - Consumption in Paris , in Mayence , and in London — Table of Rates of Duty since 1671 - Statistical Tables - Wine and the Poets PAGE 1 CHAPTER II . PORT - OPORTO - UPPER Douro ,
... / 0 - Effects of Vine Disease Prices in Montpellier - Consumption in Paris , in Mayence , and in London — Table of Rates of Duty since 1671 - Statistical Tables - Wine and the Poets PAGE 1 CHAPTER II . PORT - OPORTO - UPPER Douro ,
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Thomas George Shaw. CHAPTER II . PORT - OPORTO - UPPER Douro , etc. The Foz - The Douro - Vigo - Minho - Oporto - Alto Douro Company -Baron Forrester - To make Port - Wine Tasters - Elderberries- Croft's Pamphlet - Jeropiga - Rise in ...
Thomas George Shaw. CHAPTER II . PORT - OPORTO - UPPER Douro , etc. The Foz - The Douro - Vigo - Minho - Oporto - Alto Douro Company -Baron Forrester - To make Port - Wine Tasters - Elderberries- Croft's Pamphlet - Jeropiga - Rise in ...
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... Oporto , Xerez , & c . , the value placed upon them would probably be thirty or forty or even fifty per cent . less than if the magical hot - irons had impressed the known brand . This is in so far fair , because the character of these ...
... Oporto , Xerez , & c . , the value placed upon them would probably be thirty or forty or even fifty per cent . less than if the magical hot - irons had impressed the known brand . This is in so far fair , because the character of these ...
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... Oporto , Xerez , Bor- deaux , & c . , and whose business it is to procure orders for their house abroad , or to sell their stock in bond . Most of these have also a cellar , usually in the name of some one else , in which they have a ...
... Oporto , Xerez , Bor- deaux , & c . , and whose business it is to procure orders for their house abroad , or to sell their stock in bond . Most of these have also a cellar , usually in the name of some one else , in which they have a ...
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... Oporto . When dinner is over , all move to another room with a similar table , on which the dessert is laid . True judges attach as much importance to the bouquet as to the taste of wine ; but this part of its excellence is generally ...
... Oporto . When dinner is over , all move to another room with a similar table , on which the dessert is laid . True judges attach as much importance to the bouquet as to the taste of wine ; but this part of its excellence is generally ...
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