New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-10-09

GEES q wine manufacture hvss % me pleasing sight
see Tie ho'y grape cf -snsr snd children engaged
10 gathering the 'cous ,snyps clusters Of the grace
which bad, during The brief summer wooed ssd in2rs
oned tie bright sunshine IN 10 raaspr,n, bosom to b.
Get free again In yeArs ~ esue when the sparkling
chsmpssneh aneorked 10 illuminate the festive eoaed
The Cstswbs Is nov the principal and alnos, the only
grape cultivated By the vinesrowers Of Cincinnati L
found TO be the most hardy, and Possesses a.vur
which gives t the preference all oshsr vsri,e.
The Cstswbs u . native OF North Carolina.
Frost and the have destroyed fully onsshio Of the
crop this year. bur not outstanding this, il 10 estimated
that the yield will reach a. least 400 900 bottles Of srst
rate vine OF course 10 addition TO this large amount
Of inferior wine will be pus up.
The grapes are gathered a. soon IS they are dad
ripe and al decsyed and uurpe berries are carefully
removed This very important, aad the wiue grover
who 3 anxious 10 gain 9 reputation for bis vine,
obliged 10 give 40 much stseoton to cleanliness Is
Yankee housewife bessows upon making butter. Some
20 80 far 10 sts the grapes before placing them In
The press.
After the grapes gathered and assorted they are
bruised 10 MASKING tub "a vessel similar 10 our inverted
churn) for The purpose of breaking the skin and pulp
but the seeds Then, IL the stems - be sepsrs
ted the maze Il placed upon wire scrceu and shaken
when the pulp and skins fall through toto receiving
tub. The fruit 10 nov ready for the press.
The wine. press resembles, somewhat the Yankee CT
Serpress, and 10 very simple 10 It's construction An
iron screw In strong upright frame, box.patform Of
stout plank wedsed into heavy mbers and within this
hox made of boards Eve six feet square, and per-
Nrs.ed with holes near the lower edge, Is placed TO
contain the mashed grapes. Boards t. Mt loosely inside
this box to receive the pressure snd follow the mashed
grapes tor "cheese," cider-mskers would call ~
complete the apparatus. The box is 50 constructed as
10 be easily taken TO pieces aud when the cheese Is
pressed the ou,sdes are cut OF, placed On top and
pressed again The power ia applied by strong lever
and the juice Cor must" It is calledO out
hroueh spout into large receiving tu5 Ia front OF the
platform. The "pummies," when pressed dry is
thrown away, or distilled to make brandy.
Many OF the French and 5 wiss vins-dressers
ployei here strenuousy insist that the reading pro.
cess 70 the only proper way Of MASKING tue grapes.
They have been accustomed TO Il 10 "FsderlsndI, aud
Il 10 hard for them 20 abandon the "time-houored In.
sutisn . but Yankee vine growers have TOO much
regard for the good of the nerean people to per-
NIT those for egners 30 "put their foot In our vice.
Treadp The grapes with tie feet 10 praoced In Europe
a. the beat means known OF breaking the sAlns and
pulps, withou, nashing the seed which would impars
bitter taste to the wine bu. Yankee ingenuity has
hved If not better at lesst more decent means Of
avoiding the difficulty.
The important, process of Fermentation 10 the mex.
TO receive attention tbs juics Is em2ted iaso
clean, sweet cssks, which filed within dye
or ak inches Of the bupg, and the bung placed
on loosely. The gas escsps In the course OF
two or three weeks, when the casks arr filled up and
the bugs tighiened After four or tive months the
wine drawn tor rsekedD of into clean casks, after
which q second slight Fermentation takes place. Ills
then placed In the wine cellar ard remains one
two sometimes four years, before bostng for use dur
Ing which time ID continues TO improve In flavor and
quality No brandy sasov is a'.d In the msnufassure
Of the stll CAta~bs vine.
The "spsfklins Csisw5s," or champagne, IL now
made hero IN great quantities from the same grape.
The juice which runs from the mashed grapes before
pressure reserved ermented and ripened with great
care and swee,ened with the puress rock candy. IL
Iipensresoy for market In abou, eighteen months. Mr.
Nicholas Lopgworth produced accidentally the nrss
frat champagne from the Cstswba grape In lsi2 aud
Immediately erected building and sent TO France for
manufacturer of abs species Of vine. This gear
hundre thousand bottles will bs added to his s.Jek
The sparkling Cstawbs possesses delicious flavor and
10 regarded BY many superior to the most celebrated
Imported champagne.
variety OF wines are made from the same grape by
keeping separate the must trscted by the dIfer.
emit pressnss and rich esretcoIore vine 10 produced
by fermenting 10 the skins, which Is very psa,able
when mellowed by sge Blu. the common practice 10
to put oil the together In ths same cask and thus
the whole Juice ind aavor Of the grape remslns I'm
parting 70 the vine that ine grspy aroma which has
established tie reputation Of the American Cssawbs
The around selected for vineyard 10 usually hill
aide with southern aspect though the vine does
ly a. well on an eastern western exposure. dry
ealcareous losm With porous subsoil 10 tho soil best
suited to the culture Many small vineyards are owned
BY Germans Ia moderate c'rcu instances, and afford
profitable en- ployment for their families. These sell
their vine TO the wealthy dealers, who sell 10
ssan under their own label II proves Of good quality
NJ LopgwoIihs wine cellars are the most cspadous
that have yet been erected being 05 feet long aver
age Of 45 feet 10 width, and IL la hight The wine Of
each vintage is kept separate, In cashs holding from
1000 10 900 gallons each. Several new vine collars
will be buit here daring the next season.
Greatly a. tie manufacture of native wine has Ia.
creased during the last e years, the supply scarcely
he@ps up With the Increasing demind AL the still
wine more than eve years cid 10 pew out of market
s.d the parking" 10 greedy taken on a. soon a.
IA Of for market Toe pre- adco which 81 hrst existed
srsips, on account Of lis Hdttcky 10 fast disappearing
an O many wine drink will use NJ other. .
There are those doubtless who will not agree With
tho ameDtsd Downing hs the temperance ssuse has
everything TO gain srd nothing 20 lose oy the general
production and consumption OF tho pure Cssawba vine
a sbeversser-or whh Tnomss Jefferson, wns saia
that NO patton 10 drunken where wine 10 cheap; and
pone sober where the desrness Of vine substitutes ar
dent sprirs a. the common beverage" Bas In CON-
mersal Doist Of view 81 must agree that the infroduc.
ton OF wine nsnufscture into the United States vii
prove Of immense benefit 10 the country. Wnen the
french Jssua planted vineyard a. ksska'aia, on sas
Mississippi shortly after the 6rst s7tdemsnt Of me coun'
uy the French Government ordered 20 br destroyed,
fer fear that vine culture might spread In Ansrca and
krr. the wipersde Of France NV thai sings indi'
dual 10 Cincinps mss hundred thousand dOusrs 10.
y,sed IN the business ard American wine mas attained
a popularity beyond all calculation, the French wine
merchant may vel begin 70 fear for the welfare OF hs
ushc
There are many interesting faets relating 70 the eI'
nan of vine euare and the annual product OF vine
ysIds shich mighi add, but snougn f0r the present