Show old wines court journal tha the rago of buying old wines is raising the price to an enormous figure as waa wa 11 been seen at two sales by auction last month now if there bo be one law of nature which kaawa no exception it ia that all things organic aro are subject to decay and wino wine is i an organic product and when its ripest stage is reached and passed d the process of decomposition mus begins you may stave off the tile decay for a short time only by alcohol and other devices but it goes on yet when an old cellar is auctioned fabulous prices are paid for undrinkable wine in 1858 there was a maderia sale in paris when forty four bottled were bought by rothschild for their weight in gold the wine was from the jamous famous 1814 pipe of maderia which had bad lain at the bottom of the eca sea for thirty six years now the antiquity of the wines of the ancients is attributable to their artificial composition spices and fragrant roots and seawater sea water were added to the pure vintage the best authenticated stories of fine old winea wines that retained their quality tend to the belief that they were re strongly fortified |