, 1881-03-13


! foundation. of infectious American pork i'm
| ported into Europe.
ANCIENT WINE.
The King of Bavaria Empties Some Ole
Cellars and Gets Gold.
Laa&loa Telegraph. Feb. 2k
A London firm. it is said, has bought from
the King OF Bavaria-wf1o las become re
crednt to Bacchus-certain liquids of ar
antiquity exceeding all but the oldest Ell
elish peerages. His Bayarian Majesty i:
rather celebrated for taking his pleasure
Solidarity. and it is something to his credit
that he does not extend this habit to vinous
indulgcnces. To listen, s'you by yourself,
| you," to an opera is perhaps not out
Of character with the Aristotelian
conception OF nagnificence, but to
drink Steinwein Of 1910 in solitude would
be wicked. This exceedingly curious wine
is said to be included among the yanities OF
| which King Ludwig has disbnrdened him
self, and it is followed in the list by Leisten-
wein-a vineyard with which we profess no
| acquaintance at first hand-of 1851, and then,
! longo proximum intervall0, comes wine OF
1911. The King is tie fountain Of honor, but
as even the Royalty cannot lengthen pedi-
gree, it Is to be hoped that the @sproofs" are
as clear as if the venerable bottles presented
| themselves for admission to all order Of clliy-
airy. The Steinwein and the Leistenwein
a,.naai,91 +i,; ,uiS uage's. VIZ ~
have not been wanting skeptics who have
! doubted whether any ancient German wine
| survived the. French invasion Of the
Revolutionary era, in which, on the au~
hiann: ~ nr,1,,, 10 ,aa nto pEllS sl.,s rs
tha eoIs;ur uef 81 mo.o t5ot 70
tba s;n}1s nau M seen many scssi!oaES osIoIe
estonfs nr thn echn,o,tai'i;a ~ t;,, 20 ,,t
saI r. h,a haan sl.1;n +; ~
to pnoI vine than tSeir 1,actnr uthar Tta
Th7rtv Yanrs, IVar IVA wac , Yeriad ~ tarr;t;e
Hnvaria on u4 ha ~ innna v uGn e sd ',d
have Erowr NV ~ t,,ar ;3s 11ar iI.r 10y ~
sama ran mr. he s,;J 81 fta s 1oias ~ the
cInse of tha r. ce,'3nr1, , ~ o
aad q!l tdose Is of Holland, Prussia, and So iort6:
Flanderexertin,'s liirectiv tenG;noo ~ n,.ia s
~ ti.et;st eeIuS " ahe a
Ficctnr,s domininns Rrt # is reas"nahe +, % to
s1innose ~ that a faitbfnI hntIer nav h,ve 70
~ iGo maGi 1ol .o Aol'o"els u 'ollh
" Tnie. ,,n1;nr 3f 4 In + ~, ,1+.a.t
into 1ha si,,a tbo+ fsmn,,u o,'a dh ,,.es
fhe otf,er f.v viIh1rawm f1',n i.s nat'ra m.a
- aabo ~ Sset ,+ 10 " hchalo
enr;oe;tr = ~ nmhtfi - tacIps ,'.;i s.s q
,,cI, n,dra 60 sat;efot,.r Tt =. - p.osS
the few privileged persons who we're admit
ted on that OCCASION to wake" the late Sir
Walter Treyelyan's stores, sufficiently CON
firned the theory that vine can be too Old. as
we'll as too new. But that cellar was an
Uae' ,, 1ru ~ % nj Aepes ~
delra, and so forth. which, both from their
place OF growth and their manner of manu-
facture, were much better able to stand aen
than the vintages OF the Rhine. Even tlie
stoutest Hook becomes wreck after a few
score years and it is most probable that The
Steinwen of 15tO is either vinegar or else the
same sort Of aromatic bur coIorless. b0dilesss
and tasteless fluid which the few specimens
turned out to be. There are. Indeed. onIy three
sets Of conditions in which vine viii
KEEP much over generation. itmust either |
be doctored with entirely foreign bodies such |
as turpentine, salt, ETC., as apparently Faier-
nian was and the still elder Greek wines, or |
it must contain an immense proportion Of !
sugar, or it must be branded In the two /
latter cases, it may keep. If properly stop /