THE SOUL OF THE WINE. Facts that Should Be Borne in Mind by Drinkers.

Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 130, 26 February 1887, Page 2

THE SOUL OF THE WINE. Facts that Should Be Borne in Mind by Drinkers.

The most important thing to remember in drinking wine in, after all, that ita essence, its -soul, lies in the peifumo or " bouquet." On I his bouquet the commercial and gastronomic value of winea depend almost entirely. Old wines are, as a rule, tho best, because ago mollows their tartness and intensifies the perfume. Tokay i? considered the quoen of winep, because, while its perceutage of alcohol is even than that of Bordeaux and Burgundy wines, it ha^ a rich and most exquicite bouquet, which the art of the chemist is as pawerle&R to produce as the fragranco of a wild violet. To know how to drink wine is the thing next in importance. It is an art but little underptood by the multitude. Unlike beer, it should always be sipped, and tho smaller the quantity taken at a time tho more delicious will bo ita fragrance. Dealers in genuine wices {vane ares) have a habit of placing before an intending purcha°er several samples in small g'asse^. If he gulps down the whole glass at once he will in all probability not got the choicest brands, for the dealer justly reasons that svould be throwing pea r !« where thov would not be appreciated. £noh a drinker is like n tourist who •' dope a whole gallery in tho time thatsnould be devoted to a single picture. Epicures allow their Chambertin or Lcouille to melt on the tongue a? it were and roll down the throat.