New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-01-02
Wines OF Germany.

On these fambus wines, which we generally con-
found under lie popular name of Hooks Ia cor-
rupton of the name of one celebrated vineyard,)
j. y. Gozzens, the poet, humofst and wine mer-
chant, thus leanedly descants in his Wine Press:
There is at piesent a great rivalry between the
two vineyards NJ Johannesburg and Steinb aea
in some years Steinberg has fetched q much higher
price than Johannesburg. In 1886 a stuckfass Of
Steinberg, Of 1872, which, on account of its great
delicacy and excellence, was named q Die Brant,u
e. the Bride )was sold at auction, and bought by
several crownsd heads and three London wine
merchants, at about twenty shillings the bottle,
taken at the CELLARS at Eberlach. The great care
and energy displayed by Mr.. Koepp, kellermeister
Of the Duke of Nassau, in the management of the
vineyard, will 40 doubt much increase its present
popularity.
Rndesheim, md its Hnterhausen, produce wines
Of the first Rhine growths the ahm Of 1911 brings
fifty pounds ana upwards. The highest quality is
called Rudeshsimerburg The Steinberger, be-
longing to the Duke Of Nassau, takes rank after
the Sehloss-J elsannesberger among the wines. It
has the greatest strength, and yet il one Of the
most delicate, and even sweetly favored. That
called the = Cabinet from the vintage Of 1911,
brought seventy pounds sterling the ahm. In 1911
it was sold on fhe spot for five and half forins or
half guinea the bottle. The quantity Of the first
growth made Is small Graefenberg, which was
once the property q the Church, produces very
choice wine, which carries price equal TO the
Rudesheimer.
Marcobrunner Is an excellent wine of fine fla
vor, especially when the vintage has taken place
IN a warm year. II ne vineyards Oh tSDkIi Atld hOH-
igsbach grow excellent wines. The wine OF Bach
arach WIS formerly celebrated, as before men,
Toned but time produces revolutions in the history
OF wines well as in that of empires. NotWith-#
standing the quality Of endurance many of the
secendrate groWths possess. and freedom from
acidty equal to those who hold the first place,
they are, by no Means as well known as they
purchaser is that of l748. a year
when the season was exceedingly propitious to the
vintage. Older wines may be met WITH but less
| frequently.
The wines Of 1888 bear a very high character
the highest Of any during the last century There
| il something unacconntable in the extraordinary
durability of wines far to the North where the
| slightest increase OF warmth in a season causes
such difference in the quality of the wine While
strong Southern wines suffer from age, after
| tain period ofyears in bottle, and begin to dete-
rioate sensibIys the Rhine wines seem possessed of
inextnguishable vitality, and so the greater part
of rivalry In keeping at defiance. tbs generally
| found that wines, with the smaller proportion OF
| alcohol, change sooner than those which are
strong ;sYet the Rhensh wine, averaging SO little
spirit, will endure longer and continue to improve
/ BY age as much as the more potent wines of the
4 South having double the alcoholic strength. The
| best viatages were f74s, 1866 1883, 1900, 1902,
1911, 1922 and 1884, The Rhine wines are dinretic
| In quality, and, the Germans say, keep OF the
doctor.a They are remarkable for promoting
| cheerfiliness IN the native constitution.
On the WHOLE the wines Of Bischeim. Assmans-
| hatser and Rubenheim are very pleasant wines
| those of rather more strength are Marcobrunner
Rndesleiraer and NiersteiueF; those Of Johannes
| berg and Geissenhen, belonging to the Count In
gelhein, and Hoeheim, give the most perfect deli
| cacy and aroma, and freedom from aeidity.