Wine : a series of notes on this valuable product and subjects suggested therefrom, together with some important references / by Alexander Webber.

  • Webber, Alexander.
Date:
1888
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Credit: Wine : a series of notes on this valuable product and subjects suggested therefrom, together with some important references / by Alexander Webber. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    <!rtoctttj?-ttoo. The volatile cethers developed by age in wine, especially in bottle, give flavour, and that attractive, subtile, and highly-prized aroma,—so much admired by connoisseurs,—termed bouquet. They are formed by the action of the spirit generated, upon the bitartrate of potash, or cream of tartar, and are valuable as heightening the quality, providing a powerful stimulant to the vital functions. Adven- titious alcohol, however, tends to destroy such bouquet. CTtocntij-rtjrcc. The volatile cethers developed in Sherry wine by age, are remarkable for calming the nervous system ; no better receipt for a good night's un- interrupted sleep, than a couple of glasses of such excellent medicine before retiring to rest. The Tartrates in wine are deposited only under perfectly quiescent conditions, and in the presence of, or consequent upon an excess of added alcohol. 13*