French Wines and Vineyards: And the Way to Find ThemHoulston and Wright, 1860 - 240 pagine |
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Pagina 3 - Dominions of the French King hath much exhausted the Treasure of this Nation lessened the Value of the native Commodities and Manufactures thereof and greatly impoverished the English Artificers and Handycrafts and caused great detriment to this Kingdome in generall Bee it therefore enacted
Pagina 192 - His vines are in general planted either on the plain, or on a gently-inclined slope ; but when there is a slope, the exposure is always to the south. The soil is loose and stony, the stones quartz, of various colours and shades. The stony and least fertile portions of the estate are selected for vines ; some of the corn-fields are planted at wide intervals with olivetrees, but there are none of these among the vines.
Pagina 192 - Some of the corn fields are planted at wide intervals with olive trees, but there are none of these among the Vines. The distance at which the vines are planted is always four feet, and the quincunx is preserved with the greatest possible exactness. The ground is ploughed twice a year; that is, immediately after the pruning, which is now going on, and in spring, after the vines have given shoots of eight or ten inches in length.
Pagina 200 - ... but, on the other hand, if the powder did not take fire, the liquor was reputed to be below or under proof. The gunpowder test, however, is quite uncertain as to the quantity of spirit present in the liquid ; for though the powder is ignited when a small portion is inflamed, yet, on employing a large quantity, so much water is formed as to prevent the ignition.
Pagina 11 - In the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, when papal authority kindled sanguinary wars in the Holy Land, some of the crusaders on their return brought with them from Corinth, Cyprus, and other places rich muscat vines, till then unknown in France. The plants were first set at the foot of the Pyrenees, and thence came the rich Frontignac, Lunel, and Rivesaltes sweet or luscious wines.
Pagina 192 - ... the Templars to the residences of Messrs. Durand's peasants. Several other buildings are also erected within the walls, forming altogether a most complete and extensive homestead. After taking chocolate, we proceeded to the vineyards. Mr. Durand only cultivated three varieties of vines, the Grenache, which gives sweetness, the Carignan, which gives colour, and the Mataro, which gives quantity.
Pagina 192 - ... distance at which the vines are planted is always four feet, and the quincunx is preserved with the greatest possible exactness. The ground is ploughed twice a year, that is, immediately after the pruning, which takes place in November, and in spring, after the vines have given shoots from eight to ten inches in length. On both occasions it is first ploughed in one direction, and then cross-ploughed. It receives no other labors during the year, and in summer, such is the strength of vegetation...
Pagina 95 - The children of the triple crown being thus triumphant over the sons of the Koran, a sagacious Frenchman remarked, ' that it was much better to give wine for water, than to pass off water for wine,' as too frequently happened in his own country.
Pagina 35 - Skins, and horn shavings are found to be beneficial. The cleanings of ditches and marshes, street dirt, very moderately used, are all good. Above all, the lupin sown among the vines, and buried at their roots, is a remarkable example of imparting fertility, as is proved by the abundance of produce from vines so treated, especially in sandy soils. Buckwheat sown directly after the vintage, and buried at the first...
Pagina 36 - At four years old the vine bears fruit, but the solicitude for the success of the plant cannot be said to terminate until the fifth cutting or pruning. In its sixth year it may be considered as subject only to the action of the climate, its artificial treatment being over. The number of superfluous branches is taken off, that more nourishment may be imparted to what remain.