HOW TO DRINK WINE.
THE'MODERN TASTE RUINED BY ,;y-v' -'. CIGAR BITES. .:;■.- -■' -. The. following choice, vinos figured in the menu of the .Winn Trade Club dinner at tlio Savoy Hotel, attended by. 200 ofijUhe greatest connoisseurs ■in the kingdom: ■■•■■ ■.' . :;..j,. f\'. Vina Perla, sherry. '■ .-£.;■ .Caselcr Dominikaiidcr, 19U8, hock, v.-u'';-. Krng, 1901. champagne. • • ;.■ Magnums, Chateau Lntour, '■ 1875, .».':■'-Y -. \ clcrot. . '■■"■■' '4 ; Romance Conti, 1831, burgundy..'' (Rich), port, 1871. .' Liqueurs, Denis Mouuie brandy, 1815: The'experts, lingering over their wine, 'declared the choice and vintage unrivalled.'- ■ More than one regretted that the public take their wines less seriously. (>uo old and experienced member put this down.to the cigarette habit. "When people began to smoke between the 'courses they might just as well have •given up wine for ginger-beer. A cigarette within an hour of good wine is absolutely fatal. It ruins the taste and kills all sense of subtle distinction between a good and poor vintage. -. It has become a champagne and port era, possibly because people have more money to spend on expensive wines. .-■ .;: "Claret has fallen on evil days, yet it is. a great wine. Burgundy is also less'popular, but sherry is coming into its own.again. The trailing popularity of'claret and burgundy is possibly dun to.the fact that \vc have.had little cold weather in the past two years.. Given a eood cold spell there would be a boom in'these' wines." —"Dailv Mail.",<■;.'■•'" '■■ s.'.Tho' 'inquest concerning the'death of. ;the .late Richard Mostyn Ikops,■■•■' of, Terrace, Wellington, was ;' re-' 'sumed by Mr. J, S. Evans, .5.M.,, on vilonday afternoon. Only one witness was. (called—Dr. Madnurin, tho Dominion analyst, wiio analysed tho contents of deceased's stomach. ■ Dr. Maclatirin said ..that-lie found no trace of corrosive poison. ; He found about a tenth of a grain of;morphia,/ which was not sufficient to '.'caiiso death, but owing to the'fact that morphia,, poison was absorbed rapidly 'into,the blood, there might be very little found at death, and it was pessibio that rdeath ..was caused by morphia. 'The pills.found in.deceased's room contained •opium extract,- and cash pill contained about .'n ' fifth- of a grain of morphia. Twenty-four of the pills wore missing, and, five might have been eiioii!»li to .catise death.. One grain of morphia had f.bc'on'.. known to. cause death.- -Alcohol •'might account for tlio corrosion of tho stomach, but ho found no sign of al-coholism,-ami ' nothing _<ilsc to account '.fon'thc corrosion: 'The inquest was then ''adiourned sine die. -AVlicn it is resumed ■tiiJ'" other medical moll concerned in the '.case will be'asked if they can throw any lighten.tho question as to the cause of '-■ ■'■■ ;' _jf ■;■'/'. -■ - - : ' ! '
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1958, 15 January 1914, Page 9
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426HOW TO DRINK WINE. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1958, 15 January 1914, Page 9
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