The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-03-19
HOW TO MAKE GOOD WINE.
A CALIFORNIA VINE pRoDrCFRS An
TICE TO EISTERN ERApi, GRON ERS.
The win wimbie Colony In Rugby and Its
Lessou--How n Grape Grower was PiunB.
ed Into Wine Makinp-bow so Make both
White and Red Wines.

mENDO AKIN, litl' hulNi ~ btt Wy NV
newspapers hat Nj llG5hos'a colony at Rugby
somewhere in Tennessee, founded for tie ben
eft Of a number OF English win Wimbles.'
has come to grief. Tho Will Wimhles have
discovered that raising wheat. corn. oats,
and potatoes is actually hard work. just as
much so as carrying the hod or digging sewers
IN a city. The Will Mimblcs are tired of 1t.
and find 1t anything but aesthetic 1t is diff
cult to see how any other result was to be an
ticipated. They embarked in the lowest kind
OF farming at which probably any clodhoppef
In the nelghborhood could have discounted
them. 1t is think, n pity Mr. Hughes did not
direct his attention TO higher class OF farm-
ing which can afford to pay for hired labor, and
whore there is opportunity and compensation
for hoad work. hear OF young men in New
York fresh from college. embarking in cattle
raising on the great plains. think 1t jpstsuch
another mistake as the Rugby colony Cheap cat
tie raising means enormous ranges over Govern
ment land. which Is the same rs to say no
neighbors within ten miles. no schools. no
churches no society Of any kind. except that
Of your vaqueros. your pipe. aud your bottle.
Viticulture. or the culture of fine fruits such
az this State affords. means small farms. close
neighborhood leisure and opportunity fer so
cial intercourse. and u sort Of employment
which makes books and cultivated people your
natural companions. You have Two distinct va
cations in tho year Il winter and a summer one
Of at least six weeks each. during which you
can visit the city or the seaside; and the vintage
when your labor is pressing Is, for some uneX-
plainable reason. q time Of spontaneous and
unavoidable iestivity Your visitors even be-
come exhilarated by the sight Of the labor GO
ing on. and cannot resist the temptntion to
take hold aud help. l saw millionaire last
fall working at stemmer and crusher till the
perspiration rolled or his face all for the fun
Of the thingl If you know any people Of wealth
and benevoenco who desire 10 benefit the
viii Wmblcs by starting n colony tell them to
look into vticulturc in California.
/ was plunged into wine making quite against
my own will. much after the fashion Of II boy
who Is tossed overheard and has 10 learn. then
and there. to swim or 20 to tho bottom. My
dea when bought vineyard was to sell my
grapes. To get the best price for them. l
erected wine house according she best ad-
vice could obtain SO that the purchaser OF I'll"
crop might make his wine on the SPOT. When
all this wa, done. discovered TINT was too
late To make til" arrdugv mont dos red, as I'll!
wine makers had disposed ui their forces and
would have 10 deliver them ia Sonomn OF Napa
at freight ~ say 81 or g. per ton. This would
have been such ridiculous result 10 nay ahvrs
that determined 10 maze my own VINE. Oh
tanned from an old NtCuIturst the most
minute directions, asking al! the questions that
Il CONSCIOUSNESS OF NY own ignorance suE-
gested. and followed the directions wilh scru-
pulOu5 eXactucss. Having had c very poor
crop-less than two tons ~ the acte--there was
the less al risk nearly filled eleven large
tanks capable u holding 2uuu gallons each,
and made Il $50 gallons oi VINE. IN January
tleman who instructed me how to make il.
Possibly BY driving bargain might have got
! pf for new wine this year. ! irlt quite content
/ I'd with his apprasemCNt Of IT, aud looked no
/ further. l charged against this sum interest
/ on lhe cost 81 really at per cont. on fixtures
| al 10 per cent. on tools at 20 per cent. on
cooperago stock AT 2 per cent. all EXPENSES of
! .abGr insurance and outgo Of every kind. in
/ Guiding the salary u my foreman at $40 per
month. although threc-ilfths II his time was
occupied in the preparation and planting Of an
| addition 10 the vineyard, and then 34OO more
! for the unknown quantity liable 10 b. found in
/ all such calculations and still had athousand
dollars left THIS was out OF fifty acres OF land.
perfect cleanliness. Let the doors he newly
/ scrubbed. and the rcssc used thoroughly
/ cleaned with hot water and sal soda aud a stun
! brush. afterwnrd with pure water hot and cold.
/ II you use old wine casks pay Into the bung-
hole bright iron chain gnd pour q few gallons;
deai So thar IN" chain will rub on every part.
aud then draw the. water oil. A. long as the
| water shows amy discoiorRtion the cask is not
safe. When. a!ter thorough rolling, the wa
ter comes on quite clear your cilsk is clean.
and hot water and rinse it out with cold. Let
| ii drain for several hours.
To make. white Wine put the juice OF the
grapes, which you may squeeze out in any way
| you please; into barrels. full up 10 the Dung
/ hole. and let u" mu.; ierment, keeping the
barrels always full, go that the eNtrlided matter
may run over. As it il fermeuting. you will
/ from day 10 day remove this foreign and otlen.
sivc matter. Tor new wine is very absorbent OF
flies. Whom fermentation ceases rack OF your
wine and eung your raSSs IN This way you
get none OF the chem cal qualities derived from
the SKINS OF the Iru't, ana - al the c0!orlns
matter lies ALSO IN them. aud IS impaired to the
lqGor only in ne proe91s, Of fermentation.
color. and is chemically Viii, wine.
To make red win" the grapes are removed
from the stems. Tor watch ! s.mp.e machine
usually by passing between oilers sufficiently
and skins is turned mo u vat. shaped like o
tailor thmhle marrow end Ny, Tins is hlled
allowed - tcrmrnt ne III, =, goes to tho bot,
tom. and the p,mac' h,sts, 10 prevent sour
W 1f m9@sHGn4 t. tg1 day
large scale of the wooden muddier with which
hartenders crusa sugar, IN glass, SO rs to pre-
better way Is to have Il perforated false top
made for your tank, like
|. ! !. . !
that what drnw in the
margin. The falls" top u I'll d
made slightly less in Size IN TN
than the top OF the tank. ,=fE- -tlA
The horizontal lines in II
the drawing are meant TO, - III
represent intervals be- X
tween the boards ofwhich VIII -tIZ
the false top Is made. VI W
The two perpendicular
bars are two pieces 81 49,
scantling which hold the b ards together and
G'iten tho structure. This ii,so top is intro.
duccI INTO the iermentug vine IN the tank or
topof the pomure, ana forced down - rs to sink
the whole mass Of y pn&cc j couple Of inches un,
der the must and secured there. In tank o.
small size say 800 gallons, tbs may be done by
WcdSns II las bu. IN large ones it Is foi
safety fastened down by piece OF spantlnL
eight or ten inches long. which i boltod fast e
the inside OF the tank just NJ the top. undol
}he lover end Of which the cross pieces Of thc
false top are worked. as shown In margin
m Tho bolt through the side OF
I'M the tank should puss under
ANN the top HOOP. as the upwarl
Tp swelling during active fer
I'LL mentaNun - very powerful
/ This done, yup leave your
III win" To- tcrWrut. II Uo-sIhl,
keep The temperature Ot the
IL apartment ut GO or 1U' L.
IL bUt tA"t Is not essential. |
vinegar HE, make their mp
| pNuruucc. a. j. A,ghly likely
| scatter Gulrl.WC iruC'y uycl
tho floor. Take our tho in
drN plate Il an ordinary fifty
cent Thermometer Uuu StruI