On the use of alcoholic liquors in general and of the wine of St. Raphael in particular in temperate and cold countries / by Dr. Bouchardat.

  • Bouchardat, A. (Apollinaire), 1806-1886.
Date:
[between 1870 and 1879?]
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Credit: On the use of alcoholic liquors in general and of the wine of St. Raphael in particular in temperate and cold countries / by Dr. Bouchardat. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    for them. In cold and damp countries good food, aided by a judicious proportion of red wine, has an incontestable if not unfailing preservative power. ... , ,——... ~ —- - It is not easy to make a faultless classification of the infinite number of wines produced in the various countries where the vine is cultivated. This sub¬ ject has occupied my attention for a long time back. My classification has been reproduced, but incor¬ rectly, in several classical works; here is the one I have chosen for my course of lectures as being the best for hygienic studies : CLASSIFICATION OF RED AND WHITE WINES. i. Wines in which one of the essential principles of wine dominates. Dry wines. A Alcoholic \ Sweet wines. Straw (i) wines . . . B Astringent j Withsugarandalcohol. Tannic j Not sweet. , ( With bouquet .... G Acid <, 1 ( Without bouquet . . D Sparkling . ... Madeira, Marsala Malaga, Lunel Arbois, Hermitage Saint Raphael Cahors Rhine wine Gouais, Argenteuil wine. Champagne 2. Mixed wines. A With bouquet j B Without bouquet. Bourgogne: Clos Vougeot, Mont Rachet Medoc : Chateau-Larose, Sauterne Cotes du Rhone : Hermitage South : Langlade, Saint-Georges . . Common Burgundy and Bordeaux i. The grapes are left to dry c.i straw, whence the name. .— Translator s JSote.