Wine Proverbs (1852); Pineau;Chaudenay;Grencahe;Sauvignon;Rose (1833)

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PINEAU

HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF MODERN WINES
by Cyrus Redding
London: Whittacker, Treacher & Arnot
1833

   It's a good book.  I see that the OED has used the book before and is
adding new stuff from it for its revision.

Pg. 20:  The _pineau_, and its varieties, afford the wines of Burgundy and
Champagne.

Pg.30:  The first period of fermentation is one of great disturbance in the
must, over the surface of which is collected what the French call the
_chapeau_, a head, scum, or crust, which swells upward as the fermentation
proceeds, the gas escaping through the pores, or cracks, which form in it.
(OED has "chapeau," but not the wine sense, as in WINE LOVER'S
COMPANION--ed.)

Pg. 52: Thuse rose coloured _mousseux_ wine is called _clairet_ or _rose_;
there is no such term as claret in France for wine, it is an English
corruption of _clairet_.
(OED and Merriam-Webster have 1897 for "rose" wine.  Send them a Mateus--ed.)

Pg. 76:  ...and at Bouzy, Verzy, Verzenay, Mailly, in the mountain, as well
as in many other of the vine lands, they cultivate only the black grape,
which is called the "golden plant" (_plant dore_), being a variety of the
vine called _pinet_ or _pineau_.  Crescenzio, who wrote in the thirteenth
century, speaks of a vine near Milan, called _pignolus_, which was probably
of the same species, especially as an ordinance of the Louvre, of the date
1394, places the _pinoz_, as then called, above all the common species of
vine.

Pg. 96:  The principal plants used are those called the _norien_ and
_pineau_.  The _gibaudot_ and the _gamet_ are used for the interior kinds of
wine, and the _chaudenay_ for white.
)Merriam-Webster has 1941 for "chardennay."  I'm going to drive those editors
to drink---ed.)

Pg. 106:  Of the white wines of the Yonne, the best class is produced from
the _pinot blanc_ alone.

Pg. 120:  At mazan, in the district of Carpentras, there are three places
where a particular species of wine is made, (Pg. 121--ed.) called _vin de
Grenache_.  The _grenache_ grape is bruised, and the must being pressed out,
is boiled for the space of an hour.
(OED has 1851 for "grenache"--ed.)

Pg. 131:  The vines most cultivated at Rivesaltes are the _grenache_,
_mataro_, and _crignane_, for the choicest exported wines.
(OED has "mataro" under "mourvedre," and the March 2003 revision lists a
first citation as the second edition of this book--ed.)

Pg. 155:  The best wines for the more valuable white wines, are the species
denominated _sauvignon_, _semilion_, _rochalin_, _blanc doux_, _pruneras_,
_muscade_, and _blanc auba_.
(OED's first "cabernet" is from this book, 1833.  So how come its first
"sauvignon" is 1846??--ed.)



HAND-BOOK OF WINES
by Thomas McMullen
New-York: D. Appleton and Company
1852

Pg. 148:
      TERMS
_Employed in describing properties and peculiarities of WInes._
   _Dry._--Wine that contains but a small proportion of saccharine
matter--free from sweetness.
Pg. 149:
   _Fruity._--Wine that tastes soft and fresh--neither sweet nor astringent.
   _Green._--Wine that is new and harsh flavored.
   _Mature._--Wine that has arrived at the point when it should be drunk.
   _Murk._--The husks if the grape remaining in the vat after the wine has
been drawn off.
   _Must._--The juice of ripe grapes obtained by pressure.
   _Pricked._--Wine that is touched with acidity.
   _Rich._--Wine that contains a large proportion of saccharine matter.
   _Stalky._--Wine that is affected with astringency and flavor of the vine
wood.
   _Woody._--Wine that has imbibed the flavor of the cask.
(...)
   _Aroma Spiritueux._--The flavor that strikes the palate immediately on
tasting, similar to bouquet as the smell.
   _Bouquet._--The aromatic odor perceived on drawing the cork of any of the
finer wines, on their exposure to the air; it is not a single perfume, but a
union of several agreeable odors.
   _Dur._--Wine that is harsh flavored.
   _Event._--Wine that is flat.
   _Ferme._--Wine that is durable, not likely to change.
   _Finir bien._--Wine that is past probability of change, and that will
drink out well.
   _Fumeux._--Wine of much strength and quickly affecting the head from
alcohol.
   _Montant._--Wine that affects the head from carbonic gas.
   _Pateux._--Wine that is thick and clammy, adhering to the mouth.
   _Plat._--Wine that is without body or spirit.
   _Seve._--Nearly the same meaning as "aroma spiritueux."
   _Veloute._--Wine of a good color, velvety on the tongue, smooth or soft,
as all good wine should be when fit for drinking.

Pg. 231:
CHAPTER XXIX.
WINE PROVERBS AND SAYINGS.
(I'll do just a few, and Fred Shapiro can go back and look or take what he
wants for his quotations book--ed.)
1.  A cellar without wine, a home without woman, a purse without money, are
three deadly plagues.
5.  A heart for wine is a heart for kindness.
8.  A real wine drinker laughs with his eyes.
Pg. 232:
12.  Bacchus has drowned more than Neptune.
20.  Champagne, like flattery, gets to the head.
23.  Champagne glasses should be broad, not deep, with a large surface.
Pg. 233:
35.  Good wine at supper makes an appetite at breakfast.
Pg. 234:
60.  Of wine and love the first taste is best; no second sip equals it.
61.  Olives and wine tell what a man is.
Pg. 235:
64.  Red wine poisons oysters.
78.  Value wine like woman, for maturity, not age.
Pg. 236:
92.  When the wine is in, the wit is out.