Regency Dish: Mountain Wine

In a recent recipe we shared for Melon Citron there was a call for mountain wine, and a reader was curious what mountain wine was.  I was, too, so I did a little research and here is what I came up with:
MOUNTAIN WINE a rich white wine which is produced in the neigh of Malaga in Spain See WINE

excellent stomatic and is frequently given to women after child birth The wine of Moutilla is dry In the kingdom of Gra nada is made the wine called Malaga or mountain wine which is both dry and sweet also Pedro Ximemes All these are delicious That called Malmsey is ex MORTIMER, T., Dickinson, W. (1819). A General Commercial Dictionary … Second edition, with … alterations and additions by W. Dickinson. United Kingdom: (n.p.).

And as I always like to verify with a second source:

sia in Spain Q What is Mountain wine A It is a sweet luscious Spanish white wine made from the full ripe grapes which grow on the mountains around Malaga Ward, R. (1869). The Child’s Guide to Knowledge: Being a Collection of Useful and Familiar Questions and Answers on Every-day Subjects, Adapted for Young Persons and Arranged in the Most Simple and Easy Language. United Kingdom: Simpkin, Marshall, & Company.

Thank you, readers, for always continuing to inspire me to keep digging and learning more!

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