Don't Drink Sherry.

Cromwell Argus, Volume V, Issue 226, 10 March 1874, Page 7

Don't Drink Sherry.

# lEyjßji the greatest lover of sherry will feel inclined to'give up' his favourite tipple 'if he reads/the. .disclosures regarding its composition which have been,recently made in the Times. It seems, from the statement of the largest w-'ne-importing firm in England, that no pure sherry ever finds its way into that cquntry, the reason alleged for this> being that it would not "keep" in the British climate unless fortified, though this assertion is in opposition to that of a high scientific authority. Even to enumerate the various ways in which sherry is doctored would far exceed the limits of a paragraph like this. Suffice it to say that the doctoring is of all kinds and every degree until even the climax attained by the dairyman lately convicted of selling, f milk" containing 100' per cent, of adulteration is reached. Sherry of this description is entirely devoid of the juice of the grape, and is composed of vitriol, beetroot or potato brandy, sugar, and water, this delectable compound being sold at a price that is as cheap as the stuff is nasty. While all the wines imported into England seem to be subjected to poisoning processes to a greater or less extent, sherry seems to hold a. bad preeminence—indeed the me plus ultra of adub teration has been reached in such a case as that just mentioned. It seems not unlikely, unless some reform is effected, that it will soon be necessary to label bottles of sherry as " Poison," equally with laudanum.