The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-10-22

THF VINTAGE or '7S.-A Tall TTih he
1Tine G,oleers in Lhe Hichity.--As has been
our custom for several years past We fur.
nish to our readers this morning some
facts in reference to the grape and wine
business Of this vicinity, which Is much
more extensive than many would suppose.
A reporter for this paper called upon the
several persons and firms engaged
in the business and cleaned what we pub.
lish below.
The largest vineyard in this section is
the one managed by Mr.. Henry thinner:
man, and lies on the hillside back OF
Etnaville. Itc0mprises 10 acres, 40 OF which
4Ir. Zimmerman rents from the Etna
Mill Company. He had only about half
his usual crop this year, but the grapes
are of superior quality. bfr. thinner.
man has made between 1000 and 5000
gallons OF wine, principally Catawba and
Concord, this ial, and has shipped q large
quantity Of the fruit OF the vine to Cincin-
natl, Pittsburgh and other points. he has
stored in his cellars about 10000 gallons
OF wine in oil. The dimensions Of his
cellars are: length 10 feet, width Is feet
height II feet. .ta.,I
Rev. Father Kreusch's vineyard consists
OF thirty.onc acres, and is situated on the
east side OF Wheeling Hill, excepting 81
acres, which are on the west side OF the
hill. He reports less than third OF a
crop, but OF No. quality. This year he
has made between 5000 and 1000 gallons
OF wine OF his Coneorls and Catawbas,
while he has made heretofore as high as
1900 gallons in one season. He attributes
the falling off in the yield OF his vines to
the heavy frost OF May 18th, and thethail
storm three days later. His cellars are 50
feet long, % feet wide and 20 feet high,
and at present contain some 900 gallons
OF wine. ...
Mt. Airy vineyard, Hess & Gantzer pro-
prietors, lies on the hill just back OF Mar
Tins Ferry, and consists OF twenty-five
acres. Mr.. Chris. Hess, OF our city, the
senior partner OF The firm, informs US that
wine grapes with them were failure this
wear, excepting the Concords, OF which
! the crop wasunusually large and the quail
ity the best they ever raised. They mar
keted all their Concords and only made
4 600 gallons OF wine this fall, Of Catawba
grapes. They have on hand in their Gel
lars, which are 6S feet long, IS feet wide
and ii feet high, o large quantity OF old
WlOe, JOr WHICH lueEo 10 pLcttS SVVu NS
mand at present. ,a
Messrs. Schuehle, Kchrer & Co. have a
vineyard OF Is acres at Burlington, about
mile and half above Martins Ferry.
Mr.. Kellrer, the manager, reports about q
half crop, Of good quality. They made
about 5000 gallons OF Catawba wine this
fall, and have about 5000 gallons Of old
stock in their cellars, Of the following yari-
cites: Catawba, Concord, Morton's Vir-
ginia, Isabella, Delaware. Ives Seeding,
etc. Mr.. Kehrcr thinks that the wine mar
ket is improving, and that there will be
more wine sold from this neighborhood
this winter than ever before in one season.
The cellars OF this firm are GO feet long, %
feet wide and 20 feet high. IL
Mr.. Theodore Schneider, who rents o
portion OF the old Gilchrist vineyard, on
the Island, had No. crop this season,
and has made between 5000 and 5000 gal
Ions OF wine, exclusively OF Catawbas, the
quality and quantity OF the crop far ex-
ceeding that oil any previous year since he
he has been in the business. His stock OF
wine on hand amounts TO over 10, 900 gal
Ions, which he has stored in his cellars at
No. 173 North Front street, the dimen-
sions OF, which are: 140 feet long, p feet
wide and is feet high, being the largest
wine cellars in this vicinity.
Mt. Belleview vineyard, Messrs. Shall.
cross & Walter proprietors, is situated
about 81 miles east OF the city, on the M
tional Road, near Mt. de Chantal. Their
crop this year was hardly one-third the
average. The wine made by them was OF
Concord and Catawba grapes exclusively,
and Of q very fine quality They have a
large quantity of old wine stored in their
spacious cellars under their elegant sum
mer hotel.
Mr.. L. Wilhelm, the well known Centre
Wheeling harness maker, has vineyard
OF about ~ acres on the east side Of
Wheeling Hill lie had only about one
half crop, and made q little more than q
thousand gallons Of wine, OF the Concord
and Catawba varieties. There are several
thousand gallons Of old wine in his eel
lars, which are d feet long, 20 feet wide
and II feet high.
Welty ( Bro, who are still making
wine, will finish some time this week.
They expect to make 10000 gallons in oil,
exclusively OF Catawbas. Mr.. Peter Welty,
the business manager Of the firm, informs
us that the cheapness Of the grapes and
their extra quality induced them to make
this large quantity. They have no vine
yard, but buy their grapes from West Nir.
ginia and Ohio growers. With old and
new stock combined, this firm have on
hand about 10000 gallons, which they
have stored in their spacious cellars un.
derneath their warerooms. Their arched
cellars are 100 feel long, Is feet wide and
II feet high. l,.I
The vineyard OF Mr.. John Hahn, near
Martins Ferry, contains between eight
and ten acres. Mr.. Hahn made between
5000 and 1000 gallons OF wine this season,
\ q considerable quantity OF which he has
already sold TO Cincinnati firms. s...
Capt. Richard Crawford, Mr.. L. Spence
and the Newland Bros. have large vine.
yards in the vicinity OF Martins Ferry,
which bore good crops this season. They
made no wine, however, but disposed Of
their grapes by shipping them to Cincin-
natl and other points, the crop in the vi
,cinity OF Cincinnati being failure this
year. Cos tl
There are number OF other small vine
yards in the vicinity, perhaps about fifty
acres in all, the owners OF which only
make very small amount OF wine, the
balance Of their crops being disposed ofin
the markets.
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