Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-08-11
Growers Association.

An informal meeting of several members of
the Association took place at the Latonia
Springs, Thursday, August 5th. The meeting
was organized by the President, NJ. Weik,
taking the Chair, and by the appointment of
b. F. Sanford as Secretary pro tenn.
Before proceeding to taste and pronounce
upon the merits of several samples of wines
placed before them, a few preliminary remarks
were made, by the different memb r.. in
regard TO the Importance of the American
Wine Growers Association to the wine in
terest of Cincinnati
DIR. Mosher deprecated the cessation of its
meetings. Cincinnati was really the lead
quarters for pure wines of American growth
The excellence have a worldwide reputation.
But in this age of iostling competition. and
strivings after superiority. we have work to
do if we would retain for Cincinnati that
position to which it has attained, and to
which il is rightly entitled. Already the
wine men of Missouri by their praise-worthy
enterprise and by th'ir offer of liberal pre-
miums for best samples of wines, were at
tracing attention TO st. Louis as he depot
for wines of American growth. If the silence
and inactivity that has characteriz d the
wine men of Cincinnati for the last two OF
three years be continued, the hopes of our
Missouri friends will soon be realized.
Mr.. Buchanan congratulated the growers
of American wines for the increasing demand
for their products. The public taste was turn
ing from poisonous and adulterated liquors,
TO the pure jnice of the grape. From present
app arances there will continue to be quick
demand for all the wines can possibly pro-
duce. As Cincinnatian. he felt proud of its
reputation. 1t was already noted for being
the greatest pork and whisky market in the
world. She was fast becoming famous for
being the greatest fruit market in our country.
and if we would he true to ourselves, he pre-
dicted that the wines of Cincinnati. instead of
losing their present fame, would continue to
increase in reputation.
Mr.. Yeatman regretted the discontinuance
of the regular meetings of the Association.
He admitted, however, that he believed him
self principally at fault in the matter. In
an unlUcky moment he had introduced a
resolution abolishing yearly dues as a title to
membership. To keep an Association, such
as this, in vi gorOus life. money was necessary,
and it cannot he dispensed with.
Mr.. Kelly then proposed that the yearly
dues should be resumed, and that the amount
should be increased to three dollars.
Mr.. Geatman suggested two dollars. There
wore some wine growers who would be glad
to become members of the Association, but
whose pecuniary circumstances would render
three dollars quite tax; especially when ad-
ded TO this sum, they occasionally furnish to
the members of the Association two or three
bottles of wine to be tested. To meet such
cases, he for one was in favor of each MEM
Der who furnished a bottle of wine to the
Association being credited fifty cents. And
il this rule was adopted he would then not
object to the dues being So a-year as proposed
by Mr.. Kelly.
Mr.. Kelly suggested that the members pre-
sent should proceed to elect officers for the
Association for the ensuing year. This was
objected to on the part of Mr.. Buchanan and
Mr.. Mottier on account of no notice having
been given the other members that such an
election was in contemplation.
Mr. Buchanan was in favor. however, of
adopting some plan that should arouse new
interest in the wine cause He therefore
would move that the Secretary be instructed
to issue public notice for meeting of the
members of the Association, to take place at
the rooms of the Cincinnati Horticul ural
Society. at III O'Clock, on Saturday, the l4th
of August. That the object of such meeting
should be the election of officers of the Socie-
ty, and tor the adoption of such new rules
and regulations should then be deemed
advisable. This motion was unanimously
carried.
The members now proceeded to taste and
pronounce judgment upon the samples of
wines placed before them. Each member was
furnished with a slip of paper which to
mark down the number that the different
samples should be rated at, adopting 100 as
the figure to denote "htgheSt excellence"
DIR. MOsHER'S WINES.