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Show VvWi of this Vineyard-Plot ; as for Example, forty or fifty Years.ago, the Wi much in R and Bou were very all the moft fince that ‘T é this Territory of the Citi doing it, and have a great deal more 'T'ro in that they are obliged to raife up y their Strength, the Puncheons that they tr to caft them intopaiVat with the Mar 1 , , and fall’n into thofe of the Vat when it is fill’d, is mach we ho commonly do at Teg ard in that notwithftanding all ch as the Quantity, and therefore have andiferectly Biante fo many Vines of his order to w t ji that now the Wi hat can be taken, and whatever Tit illow’d to endeavour to do this Work well 3 abfolutelyi : fhould fucceed n the Wine> ha1s been tunned as mu ht, and theyha it on the Pr there will be not been half arc to yield | 21¢ Colour that i ftill the more certain, who have n if we ae the He ye Fr their \ as gooc Plot. ifed this way when it can be done other- If to be f ‘Time the fame Incor an er in » at ¥ yut ContradiGion, the e Grapes. a WinePanners, when the two, if they mak according to the Me e bruifed in the Vi Vi and better for keeping, than if it were done off-hand,orfit for prefent drinking. But if the Grape be tunn’d too much, it leaves a Harfhnefs, which renders it not fit for drinking for above a Yearin certain Lands, and in others it never lofes the ‘Tafte of the Grape-Stone ; and when with this Excefs of the Vat it has a Colour as red as Ox Blood, it is a Wine which they call Groffer or Matin; and it is commonly faid it is better to keep than to drink. When a Wine has this Fault, one cannot render it drinkable, but by mingling it with good dry new White-Wine. Then it is this Excefs of the Vat that renders our Wines hard, and makes them difefteem’d without any Diftinétion, altho’ all our Wines are not made after this Manner. But it is an eafy Matter to avoidthis Fault, which renders our Wines contemptible. Thofe who tun the Grape-Stone with the Skin, and wouldgive to their Wine only that Degree of the Vat, which it ought to have, not to beftrong, do draw it out from time to time by a Pipe, or by fome little Hole which they make in the Vat; but this I do not approve of, for R eafons to be given in the fale lowing Article Others make ufe of a Vine-prop, or fome other Piece of Wood, which they thruft into the Vat, from whence they draw it out quick, and let it drop into a Glafs, where they examine if it have Colour enough, and if it makesa Circle of Scum, and boils and bubbles, which they call faire la rowe: Others watch till the Marc is rifen to fuch an Height, and make a Judgment bythat. Asfor myfelf, I am of the Opinion, that it would be a farer Wayto thruft one’s Hand a When the Grapes ate bruifed ina Wine- prefs Trough, feveral may employ themfélves in ftoning : “One Method of doing it is, to put them into ‘a Basket plated, €¢. about fix Feet long, four Feet broad, and ten or twelve Inches high: And that this may not be any Incumbrance, it maybe plac’d about the Middle of the Prefs, and have two Mento fift and feparate the Skins from the Grape-ftones. I find that a Cribble is much more convenient, for it takes up lefs Room, and there needs but one Man to work above, and the Work will be as eafily or more eafily done. ; I have feen many ofthefe Cribbles; but that which I am going to defcribe, appears to meto be the moft commodious, The Cribble for ftoning the Grapes ought to be made with Braf’-wire, becaufe that is more pliant, and does not ruft fo much, and lafts longer than Iron-wire. ‘The Holes ought to be an Inch in Breadth, almoft ofan ottogonal Figure; is is work’d upon two Hoops join’d together, the one upon the other: and whenit it is finifh’d, it is to be cover’d witha made, and if ic has Colour third Hoop or Band, that is about four Inches high, As the Marc is in falling, and the Wine being preffed out, and that it is caft in the Height of the Cribb le, they put under it to faftain it, a Band of W. oodorlittle Hoop two or three Fingers high, which goes round at the Bottom ofthe Cribble, and befides this, four Iron Bars of the Thicknefs of alittle Finger, becaufe if they were broad, the Skins of the Grapes would reft there, which would hinder the other frompafling. It is proper to put thefe Iron Bars in fuch a manner, that two ofthe four mayfuftain the other two, and that they be all of the fame Length. The Ends ought to ctofs the two Hoops, fweet, youfhonld let it work the Vat until it has Joft that ftrong Scent that affects the to many Places of the Trellis with a Brafs Wire, which maybe double ortreble. The Woodofthe Hoopought to be notch’d Nofe: thenit ought to be taken ; for one Quar- in two Places over againft one another, and ter of an Hour at mott is fufficient toforce it. A Wine takenin its proper Degreeofthe Vat will never tafte of the Grape-ftone, it according to that of the Staves upon which ic is to be. plac’d ; and thefe Staves fhould be thence a Handful of the Marc, andto put it to one’s Nofe, asthe Diers do, to judge of the Difpofition oftheir Vats; then one may know if the Wine be enough. W Theniit {mells a little longer in Smell, andhas a and tocover thethird, and they muft be join’d will be always fit to drink, and alfo will keep good for manyYears. Lagree alfo, that the Wine that has been tunned too much, becomes tart and harfh, and that is what takes awayits Quality ; and as it is the Grape-ftone and not the Skin that caufés this Tartnefs and Harfhnefs, the Means to prevent this Inconvenience, is, in being very careful as to the Degree of the Vat that is ven to the Wine. ~ But as one mayoften be deceiv'd in giving it too much or too init of the Vat, I think the fureft Way wouldbe, to ftone the Grapes the Wine i fuffice to employ one Treader, let him tread takes from it muchof its Quality, becaufe it as faft as he can. pretty Wayinto the Vat, (whic h I fuppofe to be rais'd and to have been work’d)to take from Trough is with bodily Strer This Work would not be fo much Trouble as it may be imagin’d, for one Stoner would when they are tr enn into the Vat before they are put about an Inch in Depth, and threein Breadth, plac’d upon a Scuttle refting upon the Vat, abovewhich they tread the Gre ~~ It is alfo proper that thefe Notches be plated with Iron, and that they have two Handles or Grafps of Iron pretty thick and round, to prevent the hurting the Hands of him that manages the Cribble, becaufe it is weighty, and there is Occafion to remove it from Place to Place. This Cribble maybe about a Foot in Height, eight or nine in Circumference, and an Inch in Thicknefs at the Top, and fomething more at the Bottom, becaufe of a Band of OW ood that is plac’d round about to fuftain the Trellis, as 1 have faid before. 9 D The |