The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-09-06
NATIVE WINES.

One Of the most gratifying results OF Amer
lean industry, is the production OF wholesome
wine from the indigenous grape, production
which is steadily increasing both as 70 qlitntlt,
and quality. No better cure for the natona
curse of intemperance, can possibly be toun'
than cheap and abundant supply Of pure
unauthorized wine. 1t is universally &C
lknoyled.ed that the inhabitants OF the wine
Iproducing regions Of Europe, where bottle 2
good claret can be had tor few cents, are pro
verbally sober in their habits. Along tie vine
clad banks Of the Rhine, the Iloselle. tn,
Garonne. or the Saone, where the ferlnenteo
blood Of the grape may be had for the asking
the sight Of drlnkarl is quite an unusua
| phenomenon, and it i, only to be noticed II
ma ufacturing WIS or large cities, where tLt
mechanics and llborers habitually indulge il
fiery and deleteriors alcoh olic beverages The
extent Of country suitable for the vine culture
in the United States i, almost boundle,s. and
in California. alone we are told that enough
wine could be made for the consumption OF
the entire population Of this country.
At the last Vienna Exhibition the United
States stood ninth in the Est Of vine growing
countries, but We look forward to "a period
when they will come to the front rank In a
report lately SUBMITTED to bis own Govern
ment, Or. OFT, the commits Toner Of Saitzer-
| land at the Vienna Exhibition, says:
Tie United States sent ordinary and spark
linz AT Kl,l In,Ua and r.
sweet ard d y. The last named received
much commentator, and was declared to be
equal to the best Spanish and Portuguese dry
wines. The sparkling wines were also much
approved 1t is well known that the Euro
pean WINE ritts riniteiu, does not flourish III
America on account OF the severe changes
Of temperature, and even the ba,tards OBJ
tanned by Intimidation are worthless for the
production Of wine. On the other hand,
North America 20 -sesses more than 600 native
varieties. mostly of the ritis lbr,,scn, OF
which, however, only a small number are
cultivated Mr. Frederick Hecker, who has
experimental with 81 varieties, has settled
upon II. The American varieties Of vines
flourish exceedingly well, never treezc, and
are almost indc,tructible. For instance, the
Catawba, the blue Isabella and the blue Ma
delrt are known III Europe. Some kinds bear
enormous grapes. as the Concord, North Caro-
lima and others, which, according to Hecker,
are very well suited to the Rhine climate.
OF the quality Of our American wines tn.
same authority remarks:
The odor and taste Of nearly all the laDru,ca
varieties is similar to that OF the muscatele.
and varies between vanilla and strawberry.
The aroma which i. different from the flavor
OF European wines, is generally weak and d.
IN alShes with the age of the VINE Still the
wine obtained from the blue Isabella ,Cape
grapes is distinguished by a superior bouquet,
which fills the surrounding air with !. spicy
essence for which reason this grape is well
fitted for admixture with less aromatic grapes.
The total production of the United States
in 1870 is stated, by a recent periodical, to
have been l2,45o,0oO gallons, Of which Cali
fornia yielded 1000, OOO New York 2 25O, 900,
Illinois i,20O,000, Missouri 100000. and
other States 1000 600