Muscadine, Muscadine, a rich wine, of the growth of Provence, Languedoc, Cividad, &c.—The word, as well as the liquor, is French: some fetch its original from musk; the wine being supposed to have a little of the smell of that perfume; others from musca, a "fly," because the flies are extremely fond of its grapes; as the Latins had their vinum apianum, so called ab apibus, from the bees which fed on it.

The way of making muscadine at Frontignac is as follows: They let the muscadine grapes grow half dry on the vine; as soon as they are gathered, they tread and press them immediately, and turn up the liquor, without letting it stand and work in the fat; the lee occasioning its goodness.