Note 21 — WINES.
Reading edition
One of these inspired Longfellow, who thinks (poetically) the richest wine is that of the West, which grows by the beautiful river, whose sweet perfume fills the apartment, with a benison on the giver:—
“Very good in its way is the Verzenay, Or the Sillery, soft and creamy; But Catawba wine has a taste more divine, More dulcet, delicious, and dreamy.”
A dreamy taste is something startling even in poetical description.