[1341] From the island of Peparethus. See B. iv. c. 23, where he says that from its abundance of vines it was called εὐοινὸς, or “Evenus.”
[1342] B. xxiii. c. 1, and c. 26.
[1343] “Cadis.”
[1344] Fée remarks that this method is still adopted in making several of the liqueurs.
[1345] White wine of Cos. Fée thinks that Pliny means to say that the sea water turns the must of a white or pale straw colour, and is of opinion that he has been wrongly informed.
[1346] “Sea-water” wine.
[1347] “Sea-seasoned” wine.
[1348] Fée says, that if the vessels were closed hermetically this would have little or no appreciable effect; if not, it would tend to spoil the wine.
[1349] Athenæus says that the Rhodian wine will not mix so well with sea-water as the Coan. Fée remarks that if Cato’s plan were followed, the wine would become vinegar long before the end of the four years.
[1350] Sillig thinks that the proper reading is “in six” only.