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... Wines - Constituents of good Wine - Mr . Ballantyne's Letter - Christopher Smith in 1750 -Tavern Drinking - White Port - Teneriffe - Introduction of Sherry - Claret of first Growth , vid Boulogne - Claret in Scotland --Wine - drinking ...
... Wines - Constituents of good Wine - Mr . Ballantyne's Letter - Christopher Smith in 1750 -Tavern Drinking - White Port - Teneriffe - Introduction of Sherry - Claret of first Growth , vid Boulogne - Claret in Scotland --Wine - drinking ...
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... Wine in Paris and in England— Establishment of M. Nicolas - Extension of Octroi - Liberté et Égalité ' — The ' Marseillaise ' —'Ordre Publique ' - Wine Adulte- rations severely punished CHAPTER XI . RHINE AND MOSELLE . 371 Im Kühlen ...
... Wine in Paris and in England— Establishment of M. Nicolas - Extension of Octroi - Liberté et Égalité ' — The ' Marseillaise ' —'Ordre Publique ' - Wine Adulte- rations severely punished CHAPTER XI . RHINE AND MOSELLE . 371 Im Kühlen ...
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... Wine Journal - Progress in Wine - making . PAGE 409 CHAPTER XIV . GREECE . Bacchus , the God of Wine - Pan - His conquests by Wine - Homer's Description of a celebrated Wine - Its Potency - Polyphemus- Ulysses - The Islands of the ...
... Wine Journal - Progress in Wine - making . PAGE 409 CHAPTER XIV . GREECE . Bacchus , the God of Wine - Pan - His conquests by Wine - Homer's Description of a celebrated Wine - Its Potency - Polyphemus- Ulysses - The Islands of the ...
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Thomas George Shaw. WINE , THE VINE , AND THE CELLAR . h CHAPTER I. GENERAL REMARKS . Wine Duties in 1822 - Manner of Paying - East Vault Exchange- Tasting - Dock Company's Responsibility - Wines in Bond - Wine Trade a bad Trade - Young ...
Thomas George Shaw. WINE , THE VINE , AND THE CELLAR . h CHAPTER I. GENERAL REMARKS . Wine Duties in 1822 - Manner of Paying - East Vault Exchange- Tasting - Dock Company's Responsibility - Wines in Bond - Wine Trade a bad Trade - Young ...
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... wines . The following remarks , which I extract from a weekly French paper devoted to wine affairs , show what is thought in France on this point : - There are in London vast docks , in which are deposited wines on which the duty is not ...
... wines . The following remarks , which I extract from a weekly French paper devoted to wine affairs , show what is thought in France on this point : - There are in London vast docks , in which are deposited wines on which the duty is not ...
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