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Page ix
... Trade a bad Trade - Young Gentlemen as Cellarmen - Agents in the Hunting Field - Bribery - Treatment of Wines - Ignorance existing - South African - Elbe Sherry - Ebro Port - Adulterations -Lord Palmerston - Greek and Roman Wines ...
... Trade a bad Trade - Young Gentlemen as Cellarmen - Agents in the Hunting Field - Bribery - Treatment of Wines - Ignorance existing - South African - Elbe Sherry - Ebro Port - Adulterations -Lord Palmerston - Greek and Roman Wines ...
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... Trade Artificial - Difficulty of giving just Views - Head of the Wine Trade - Bottle - stink - Dining Hours— Horse Shoe - Gronow's Reminiscences - Old Port in Lancashire- Monopoly - Alto Douro Company's Tasters - Old and Present Prices ...
... Trade Artificial - Difficulty of giving just Views - Head of the Wine Trade - Bottle - stink - Dining Hours— Horse Shoe - Gronow's Reminiscences - Old Port in Lancashire- Monopoly - Alto Douro Company's Tasters - Old and Present Prices ...
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... Trade Marks- Statistical Tables 306 CHAPTER VIII . BURGUNDY , CÔTE D'OR , BEAUJOLAIS , ETC. Côte d'Or - Nuits - Vosne - English Travellers - Chambertin - Clos- Vougeôt - Cellars in Nuits - Memorandum of Tasting - Pommard -Beaune ...
... Trade Marks- Statistical Tables 306 CHAPTER VIII . BURGUNDY , CÔTE D'OR , BEAUJOLAIS , ETC. Côte d'Or - Nuits - Vosne - English Travellers - Chambertin - Clos- Vougeôt - Cellars in Nuits - Memorandum of Tasting - Pommard -Beaune ...
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... Trade a bad Trade - Young Gentlemen as Cellarmen - Agents in the Hunting - Field - Bribery - Treatment of Wines - Ignorance existing -South African - Elbe Sherry - Ebro Port - Adulterations - Lord Palmerston - Greek and Roman Wines ...
... Trade a bad Trade - Young Gentlemen as Cellarmen - Agents in the Hunting - Field - Bribery - Treatment of Wines - Ignorance existing -South African - Elbe Sherry - Ebro Port - Adulterations - Lord Palmerston - Greek and Roman Wines ...
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... trade was carried on in times gone by . On the 14th of May , 1822 , began my acquaintance with the wine duties , and the manner of paying them , which was very different from the present mode . If a cask or case was to be taken out of ...
... trade was carried on in times gone by . On the 14th of May , 1822 , began my acquaintance with the wine duties , and the manner of paying them , which was very different from the present mode . If a cask or case was to be taken out of ...
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