The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-10-24
Facts for Vino Dibbers.

OF all the substances that find their
way down the throats Of mankind, none
are 50 uniformly and universally coun-
tcrfeiteA drrgged doctorcd and beaevi-
cd as those which como under the ban
of the Maine Law The fact is noto-
rious and yet people continue to drink
these factitious aud poisonous liquors, as
though tEov we're tho vcry CliXir Of
health Tho " Y I3mcs recently pub.
lishcd an article on manufactured wines.
which confirms information that ought to
be pondercd by all who accuStom them.
selycs 10 the use of that article. One
may step into any Of our large hotels or
drinking establishments, the writer OBJ
serves. and procure wine which purports
to be Clos Nougeot. Romance Conte,
Mont Rachel Johannisberg, Rudcsheis
uer or Steinbcre. at rates varying from
three 20 fifteen dollars = bottle, and as
for choice Sherry, Madeira and Port,
they arc supplied al hjitum at every
saloon. Sow i, is a fact that all tho
Clos Nougeot wine in the world il grown
upon single farm Of fifty acres in Bnr.
gundy The farm is owned by noble
man who uses great deal himself. and
gives great deal away. aud soils tho
residue The most Of the residue is
probably consumed by the wealthy resi-.
dents Of the continent-and still, if we
may believe the wine lists Of our own
country. there is enough let 10 keep all
the hotels, private houses ard drinking
saloons of the western contincut constant
ly supplied with it!
The Romance Contc wine grows on n
single farm of sir acres ami a haT
The south side of single hill in Ger,
many produces all the Johannisb'rg in
the world; and anybody who choose7
to order Johaunisberg at any hotel. or of
any wine dealer in the city, will have it
delivered at very short notice. A single
small valley in Madeira produces all the
Malmsey wine. Stciuberg wine grows
exclusively in the vineyard Of sup.
pressed monastery. The district of
Heres, from which Sherry is produced,
is Of small extent, and its limits are ac-
curately defined. Genuine Port wine is
produced ouly within comparatively
small limits. And the same things hold
true Of Champagne
The Times thinks that there would be
no risk in declaring that there never
was a bottle Of Clos Nougoot. Romance
Conte of Johannisberg wine, within the
limits of the United States. 1t says that
not one bottle in ten thousand Of the
Champagne, drunk in this country is
genuine vineyard grown Champagne.aua
not one-tenth Of the Sherry consumed
here is Sherry. The article concludes
US follows
The fact is that nineteen-tweutotls
Of all the wines and braudies drank in
this country-.and nine hundred and
ninety.nine thousandths of all the rare
aud costly wines over which our high
livers smack their lips and roll their eyes
aud astonish their epicurean friends, are
maHnJdctuTed for the markct made up
by skillful compoundiug of drugs, with
infusions of navoring matter and a basis
| Of alcoholic or vinous material, SO as to
resemble any brand or any sort of liquid
that may be desired England and
France are the great fields of this manu-.
facturo, though is is beginning to be
prosecuted in this country to a very con-
siderable extent. But an order for any
kind of wiue that may be wanted-for
Clos VOugeOt, Jchauuisberg, or delicate