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THREE VARIETIES OF SECOND KATE WINE. THREE VARIETIES OF SECOND RATE WINE
tle boil : this mix- ture is of a rough flavour. Among these varieties, I ought to place what is known as " protropum ;"81 such being the name given by some to the must that runs spontaneously from the grapes before they are trodden out. Directly it flows it is put into flaggons, and allowed to ferment ; after which it is left to ripen for forty days in a summer sun, about the rising of the Dog-star. 77 " Sweet " drink. Fee seems to think that this sweet wine must have been something similar to champagne. Hardouin says that it corresponds to the vin doux de Limoux, or blanquette de Limoux, and the vin Mus- cat d'Azile. 78 See c. 3 of this Book. 79 "Poured," or "strained through." 80 " Honey wine." A disagreeable medicament, Fee thinks, rather than a wine. 81 Somewhat similar to the vin de premiere goutte of the French. It wouid seem to have been more of a liqueur than a wine. Tokay is made in a somewhat similar manner. Chap. 13.] WHEN WINES WERE FIRST MADE IN ITALY. 251 CHAP. 12. (10.) NS ADD TO THE LIST OF THESE SWEET WINES THAT KNOWN AS DIACATUN IT IS MADE BY DRYING GRAPES IN THE SUN AND THEN PLACING THEM FOR SEVEN DAYS IN A CLOSED PLACE UPON HURDLES SOME SEVEN FEET FROM THE GROUND CARE BEING TAKEN TO PROTECT THEM AT NIGHT FROM THE DEWS ON THE EIGHTH DAY THEY ARE TRODDEN OUT THIS METHOD IT IS SAID PRODUCES A LIQUOR OF EXQUISITE BOUQUET AND FLAVOR THE LIQUOR KNOWN AS MELETITIES IS ALSO ONE OF THE SWEET WINES IT DIFFERS FROM MULSUM IN BEING MADE OF MUST TO FIVE CONGI OF ROUGH FLAVORED MUST THEY PUT ONE CONGIUS OF HONEY AND ONE SIATHIS OF SALT AND THEY ARE THEN BROUGHT TO A GENTLE BOIL THIS MIXTURE IS OF A ROUGH FLAVOUR AMONG THESE VARIETIES I OUGHT TO PLACE WHAT IS KNOWN AS PROTROPUM SUCH BEING THE NAME GIVEN BY SOME TO THE MUST THAT RUNS SPONTANEOUSLY FROM THE GRAPES BEFORE THEY ARE TRODDEN OUT DIRECTLY IT FLOWS IT IS PUT INTO FLAGONS AND ALLOWED TO FERMENT AFTER WHICH IT IS LEFT TO RIPEN FOR FORTY DAYS IN A SUMMER SUN ABOUT THE RISING OF THE DOG STAR CHAPTER TWELVE
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