The banks of the Rhine from Assmannishausen to Coblentz have many vineyards, but no very good situations. The names of the villages producing wine are Bacharach, Manubach, C•tib, Oberwesel, Stecg, Diebach, Weinsberg, Damscheid, Perscheid, Lang scheid, and Dellhofen. These 'cultivate Riessling, often mixed with the small-berried Elbing, and in other parts some Pinot' is grown.
The Moselle issues from the western slopes of the Vosges, and unites with the Saar near Trier. It then runs nearly north-ward with many windings, and flows into the Rhine near C,oblentz. Its undulating banks in Lorraine, like those of the Saar, arc covered with vines, and most frequently' with the blue Burgundy grape, but its banks from Trier to Cochem bear white grapes principally. The Elbing occurs along the whole Moselle, and frequently prevails over the Riessling which is everywhere mixed, with it. At Piesport, 13rauneberg, Oligsburg, Zeltingen, and Trarbach there are vine yards with nothing but Riessling. Much red wino is grown at Piesport, Kersten, Cobern, Cochen, Carden, and a few other places of the lower Moselle. The general char. actor of Moselle wine is that of thin Rhine wine, but owing to the natural waut of flavor, the producers of Moselle have devised an artificial flavor from the tincture of the flowers of the elder shrub. The sparkling Moselle has a great reputation. Much of it is made at Coblentz, and large quantities are also manufactured from Rhine wine at Mayence.
The vine is largely cultivated in Austria, and yields annually about 200-200 million gallons. The larger part of its wines, however, is used for home consumption. Of the wines of lower Austria those of Veislau and Gurinpoldsleirchen, in the neighborhood of Baden, have, during the last 40 years, obtained some reputation. The red wine pro duced in them conies from a particular black grape, called the early blue Portugese. That part of the Tyrol which produces wine is situated along the valley of the Adige, beginning near Verona, and running by Botzen up to Meran. The varieties of the grapes cultivated in the Tyrol are, in the Italian part, entirely Italian; in the German part, the Vernatch, a black muscatel, and a variety which the Germans call Gescblafene; also a grape called Tirolinger, or Trollinger, prevail.
The cultivation of the vine in Styria extends from Steinbri5ck, along the Save, and from Cilli by Hohcnnegg, Gonoliitz, and Windischfeistritz to :Marburg, the vineyards in the mountains called Basher being particularly extensive. Hence, viniculture extends in the direction of Pettau and Fridau, into the most celebrated district, namely, the mountain of Luttenberg. Radkersburg and WintliselibUtchlen complete the enumera tion of the wine-,growing districts of Styria. Red wine is produced iu only two parts, the Vinarie mountain near Gonovritz, running to Cilli, and in the Sausal mountain. Of the white wines, those of Luttenberg, Kirschbach, and Pickern belong to the better class. Amono. the vines are to be found Illyrian, Hungarian, a few Italian and French, as well as Among vines, -but some are quite peculiar to Styria and supposed to be indigenous. The climatic situation of Croatia is particularly favorable to viniculture. A high mountain forms its northern limit, from which many higher or lower ranges of hills run towards the south into the plain, but the mode of cultivation is defective. The prevailing vines are the GrIlnhainer and Heunisch. Like Croatian wine, the Dalmatian, when mixed with its own bulk of water, gives a fluid which is darker than the darkest Burgundy or VWlau ; they are mostly sold, and transported by ships to Italy. InIstria there is a vinicultural district between Trieste and Pirano, and another near Rovigno and Pola. The island of Vaglia, Cherso and Lussin also produce wine. The varieties of wines cultivated near Trieste are all Italian, among which are the blue Refosco and the white Malvoisie. The fruit of Gi5rtz is excellent, but the wine is very mediocre. An effervescent wine, however, called Ribola, is in some demand. and there are large manufactures of a sweet wine called Picolet, which is sold to Turkey and Russia.
The best wine of Bohemia is that of Melnik. a town situated about 12 m. n. of Prague. It is made from the black Burgundy grape. There are about 3,915 Austrian jock of vineyards in Bohemia, of which each produces about 13 eimer of wine, an eimer being equal to 54 liters.