Chap. 12 (10.) β Three Varieties of Second-Rate Wine
Those cannot properly be termed wines, which by the Greeks are known under the name of βdeuteria,β1377 and to which, in common with Cato, we in Italy give the name of βlora,β1378 being made from the husks of grapes steeped in water. Still, however, this beverage is reckoned as making one of the βlabourersββ1379 wines. There are three varieties of it: the first1380 is made in the following manner:βAfter the must is drawn off, one-tenth of its amount in water is added to the husks, which are then left to soak a day and a night, and then are again subjected to pressure. A second kind, that which the Greeks are in the habit of making, is prepared by adding one-third in water of the quantity of must that has been drawn off, and after submitting the pulp to pressure, the result is reduced by boiling to one-third of its original quantity. A third kind, again, is pressed out from the wine-lees; Cato gives it the name of βfΓ¦catum.β1381 None of these beverages, however, will keep for more than a single year.