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To Improve Wine by Electricity

140), and add 5 gallons of Grave's wine. This will make an excellent sauterne.

To make Hock.

To 55 gallons of wine by fermentation add 5 gallons harsh German wine. The addition of a little infusion of sage gives a very fine Rhine wine bouquet. This is prepared by infusing sage in 95 per cent. spirit. To Improve Wine by Electricity.

The process consists in plunging into the vat containing the wine, two plates of platinum or of silver, having attached to them two wires of the same metal, which are connected with the poles of an electric battery. The Bunsen and Daniell's batteries are much used in France for this purpose. The time necessary to transform a low grade wine to one of an agreeable and superior quality, is from two to three weeks, with the battery continually working. By this method, wines which were considered only fit for making vinegar, are changed to such an extent that they are used as good, and in some cases superior table wines. (See page 120.)