a rich wine, of the growth of Provence, Languedoc, Cividale, &c.—The word is supposed to be derived 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 apis, from the bees which fed on it.

The process for making muscadine at Frontignac, is the following: The muscadine grapes are allowed to be half dried on the vine; and as soon as they are gathered, they are trod and pressed, and the liquor is tunned, without letting it stand to ferment in the fat; the lees which remains is supposed to produce the peculiar flavour of this wine.