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Malmsey

The genuine malmsey wines of commerce possess a luscious sweetness, and a most peculiar bouquet. They are mostly the produce of Sardinia, Sicily, Provence, Teneriffe, the Madeiras, the Azores, and the Lipari Isles. Malmsey wine is made from grapes grown on rocky ground, and exposed to the full light and heat of the sun; the fruit is allowed to hang on the vines for a month longer than if required for making dry wines, by which time it is partially withered.