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... Cask -Great Breakage - Binning - Disgorging - Liqueuring - Corking- Wiring - Papering - Injured by Icing - Château Sillery - Sillery- sec - non- -Mousseux - Secrets and Mysteries - Liqueur to different Countries - Immense Fortunes ...
... Cask -Great Breakage - Binning - Disgorging - Liqueuring - Corking- Wiring - Papering - Injured by Icing - Château Sillery - Sillery- sec - non- -Mousseux - Secrets and Mysteries - Liqueur to different Countries - Immense Fortunes ...
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... cask or case was to be taken out of bond , it was necessary , first , to write what was called a Require - note , which gave full particulars of the ship , entry , mark , number , gauge , & c . , of the cask , and stated that you ...
... cask or case was to be taken out of bond , it was necessary , first , to write what was called a Require - note , which gave full particulars of the ship , entry , mark , number , gauge , & c . , of the cask , and stated that you ...
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... cask off on the same day , what was called a Reading - out entry was neces- sary , for which an additional 1/6 was charged . The next day , on showing the Excise warrant , a permit was granted for the person to whom the wine was to be ...
... cask off on the same day , what was called a Reading - out entry was neces- sary , for which an additional 1/6 was charged . The next day , on showing the Excise warrant , a permit was granted for the person to whom the wine was to be ...
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... cask without going to the docks to taste it ; but now , sales are almost invariably made by samples . Formerly , every house of importance had a partner or a representative to show their bonded stock ; and TASTING AT THE EAST VAULT . 7 ...
... cask without going to the docks to taste it ; but now , sales are almost invariably made by samples . Formerly , every house of importance had a partner or a representative to show their bonded stock ; and TASTING AT THE EAST VAULT . 7 ...
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... casks brought into the docks must be bonded ; and thus a cask that was to be sent from the quay would be actually placed in the slings , lowered into the vaults till it touched the ground , and then hoisted up into the wagon waiting for ...
... casks brought into the docks must be bonded ; and thus a cask that was to be sent from the quay would be actually placed in the slings , lowered into the vaults till it touched the ground , and then hoisted up into the wagon waiting for ...
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