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 In gathering the grapes, they carefully select the ripest and most sound, rejecting those which are decayed, dry, or broken. They are carried, in large panniers on horseback to the cellar, the precaution being used, of wrapping a cloth round the basket, to guard against any fermentation which the sun's rays might excite. The baskets filled during the day, are placed in the evening under the press, which is charged according to its power, with from twenty to forty large baskets.