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In more temperate climates, they place their wines in dolia,49 which they bury in the earth, either covering them entirely or in part, according to the temperature. IN MORE TEMPERATE CLIMATES THEY PLACE THEIR WINES IN DOLIA WHICH THEY BURY IN THE EARTH EITHER COVERING THEM ENTIRELY OR IN PART ACCORDING TO THE TEMPERATURE
a peculiarity of wine, among the liquids, to become mouldy, or else to turn to vinegar. There are whole volumes which treat of the various methods of preventing this. The lees of wine when dried will take fire and burn without the addition of fuel : the ashes so produced have very much the nature of nitre,47 and similar virtues ; the more so, indeed, the more unctuous they are to the touch. CHAP. 27. (21.) — WINE- VESSELS — WLNE-CELLARS. The various methods of keeping and storing wines in the cellar are very different. In the vicinity of the Alps, they put their wines in wooden vessels hooped around ;48 during their cold winters, they even keep lighted fires, to protect the wines from the effects of the cold. It is a singular thing to men- tion, but still it has been occasionally seen, that these vessels have burst asunder, and there has stood the wine in frozen masses ; a miracle almost, as it is not ordinarily the nature of wine to freeze, cold having only the effect of benumbing it. ENTY SIX VINEGAR LEES OF WINE IT IS A PECULIARITY OF WINE AMONG THE LIQUIDS TO BECOME MOLDY OR ELSE TO TURN TO VINEGAR THERE ARE WHOLE VOLUMES WHICH TREAT OF THE VARIOUS METHODS OF PREVENTING THIS THE LEES OF WINE WHEN DRIED WILL TAKE FIRE AND BURN WITHOUT THE ADDITION OF FUEL THE ASHES SO PRODUCED HAVE VERY MUCH THE NATURE OF NETRA AND SIMILAR VIRTUES THE MORE SO INDEED THE MORE UNCTUOUS THEY ARE TO THE TOUCH CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN WINE VESSELS WINE CELLARS THE VARIOUS METHODS OF KEEPING AND STORING WINES IN THE CELLAR ARE VERY DIFFERENT IN THE VICINITY OF THE ALPS THEY PUT THEIR WINES IN WOODEN VESSELS HOOPED AROUND DURING THEIR COLD WINTERS THEY EVEN KEEP LIGHTED FIRES TO PROTECT THE WINES FROM THE EFFECTS OF THE COLD IT IS A SINGULAR THING TO MENTION BUT STILL IT HAS BEEN OCCASIONALLY SEEN THAT THESE VESSELS HAVE BURST ASUNDER AND THERE HAS STOOD THE WINE IN FROZEN MASSES A MIRACLE ALMOST AS IT IS NOT ORDINARILY THE NATURE OF WINE TO FREEZE COLD HAVING ONLY THE EFFECT OF BENUMBING IT
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