Excerpt from Bordeaux: Its Wines, and the Claret CountryA residence of several years in this delightful part of France has enabled the Author of this little volume, not only to consult all the most authentic documents relating to Bordeaux and its famous wines, but, generally speaking, to assure himself of the truth of their statements by personal observation and experience.The authors whose works have been con suited are duly noticed in the margin. They are, for the most part, men who were natives of the province, or who had made its history and the study of its produce the occupation of their lives.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.