The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-01-29
THE WINE CASES.
INTERESTING TO WINE.DRINKERs.

The trial of the important wine cases in the
United States District Court was resumed yester.
day. Mr. Cahill was sworn and testified as follows:
Am o wine merchant, but have no wine under
seizure and am not consignee Of wines seized;
have been q wine dealer since 1922. Since 1876
have been almost continuously In wine business.
The wine marked Blaye Superieure was worth
from $50 to 500 francs per tun in Bordeaux in
March and April, 1866; the best is worth 1000
francs per tun-or in cases 20 francs. Have
tasted this wine in court four different wines
in its composition, including Nourboume white
and red wines worth from ESQ to 800 francs per
tun. If Isent to Bordeaux for cssk, they would
send me the kind called for These low grade
wines are sent to India and South America. These
bottles marked Bsye Superieure are worth 100
francs. 1t costs three francs to draw and bottle
q cssk in Bordeaux. Mixed wines DO not ma
terially differ 10 price. Witness was here given
some wine as a test.) The market value of this
wine in Bordeaux in April, 1866, would have been
81 or francs by the case. This is better than
that in the bottle marked Blaye Superieure.
u This wine would keep for four or five years after
being bottled It would mature quicker in this
climate than in France. The passage also i'm.
proves ii materially. II is general rule that
wines improve by shipment.
Mr.. Bldnchedur stoor7a-Has been in wine
trade twenty nine years. The name Baye is
ictitious-the pane Superieure, on the box, is
fraud. II is common cargo wine 10 my knowl-
edge. The invoice price Is five francs for the
market value. Any one in France with money
could purchase at theEe rates. These wines are
sold without fasiiug-there is no body to them.
They ere sold in this market from s4S to s45 &C.
cordiug to quality. So So was the market price
per case. II would pay commission at that rate
Of or q per cent. have sold this wine at three
francs ten centimes. My highest profit has been
as stated above. Wine made in Bordeaux is a
compound Of red and white wine. They buy
white wine from the southern part of France and
mix red with it; when the white preponderates
they employ another wine to give color. Every
manufacturer has a different method of making
csrgo-wines Each thinks his own way the best.
No two make it alike. There were always
reserved five crops ahead in the cellars
in France. / once imported very fue wine
at slS per cask. Then came the Sickness
on top of the vine /; the top was consumed then
wine went up. little before tue war these
wines went down to $32. There are no cheni-
Gals IN his wine; they are very particular on
this point. They put water IN it sometimes.
This wine seized is labeled il is natural wine.
] have tasted this wine marked Biaye Sape-
ii5ure it is composed of white and red wine
there IS little common wine IN 1t. When the
wine Is old, the white wine eats up the red. Do
not know the market value OF Blsye supersure
in 1866.
Mr.. CdStiognel sloorn-This wine is mixed. The
wine is made from the grape. They express
the juice and put it in cistern where il ferments.
After the first lot is drawn off, they mix white
wine with il. After two or three days it is i'm.
ported in boxes. This wine is good, but requires
five or Fix years to mature. l have been inter-
ested in such an establishment In seeing this
manufactured. If had sent for an invoice of
Blsye Superieure, and bad received this kind,
81 oud think had been cheated.
ET. LGgdn SlcOIn--Am acquainted with cargo
wines; have been connected with wine busi aess
in Bordeaux up to 1858. This class of wine is
composed by mixing inferior red and white wines.
Have made this wine myself. Consider that the
price stated in this invoice is above the real price
of that vine in Bordeaux in 1866. This is CON-
mon quality of cargo wine. and has much white
wine Ia II. Have been twenty years IN the D1si
ness.
Mr. slrOrn-Have been In Bordeaux several
times. The object in preparing cargo wines is TO
90 so at as small q loss as possible. In order to
obtain Narbonne, (strong wiue) wines are pur-
chased and mixed with small light wines. IL is
very seldom that the first wines of France come TO
this country in Casks. They may in bottles, but
seldom in casks. Have retired from the wine
Irans, and haye no interest in these cases,
Mr.. PtQggl0 S1cOTn-Am IN the wine business.
The wine specified on invoice shown was consign.
ed to my house at the date therein specified.
Have sold sll save some few boxes at from s. Is
10 90 IS, realizing profit of 10 or Is cents per
box. Have been IN commercial relations with
Chairman Co. in 1868; am claimant in this suit.
Do not know owners of this wine. Never import
ed any Bsye Superieure, and do not know what it
is worth
At this point the court adjourned.