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AGING.—EFFECTS OF VARIOUS INFLUENCES. General considerations, how new wine differs from old, development of bouquet and flavor, old wine, characteristics of, 76; color, aroma, flavor, influences which develop, also destroy, influence of the air, 77; variations of temperature, influence of heat, 78; aging by heat, 79; preserving wine by heat, 80; influence of cold, treatment of frozen wine, 81; influence of light, aging by sunlight, effect of motion of voyages, wines suitable for shipment, 82; shipping new wine, 83; other motions, aging by fining, aging generally, 84; wines which gain the most by aging processes, 85.