Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-06-23
WTIcULTuaAl coNyEN1IoN,

Second Days Proceedings Ad-
dresses by Arpad Haraszthy,
j. De Barth shorb. q. A. Wet
more. and L. j. Rose.
The second days exercises of the
viticultural Convention commenced
about half-past | o'clock yesterday after
noon. Mr.. l.. ]. Rose called the meet
log to order, there being present on the
platform Messrs. Rose, of Los Angeles,
Haraszthy. of San Francisco, C. A.Wet
more. of the same place, and Secretary
Wheeler. The Chairman stated that
Mr.. Haraszthy,. the President of the
Board. had arrived, but that he would
not be able to give his lecture on the
treatment of line wines until Saturday,
but that he. had consented to make few
remarks on the subject of white wines
(Applause.)
MR.. HARAszTHY,
On being introduced to the audience,
said. in substance: II am pleased to be
here among you. and regret having
missed your proceedings yesterday.
Tomorrow, ! will read my paper on the
question Of properly maturing wines fol
California and the East. l was in
France twenty -four years ago, and spen,
six years there, examining every promi
nent wine producing district with the
greatest care as to the question if we car
produce good white wines. They had
them in Sonoma. had them. when toe
strong, I diluted them with Chablis
On my return | devoted my attention tt
them more than ever, and proved con
clusively that we can make them, al
though few people believe that they are
really good. Localities differ greatly as
to the raising of the necessary kinds Of
grapes. Light wine cannot have heavy
body, as. claimed, and the grapes cannol
be raised on the hillsides. All light
wine is classified as containing less than
II Per cent Of alcohol Every wine
stronger than that is heavy wine"
: Here the speaker produced a standard
work on vines and wines in the Bordeaux
district. France, by Force. and read Jan
interesting extract from it on the pro.
duction Of wines, and the proper per.
centage Of alcohol.
''Tokay wine possesses 9.ss per cent.
Of alcohol, yet it is more powerful in-
toxicant than Sherry with IS per cent.
People say that California wines give q
headache. So do French wines. French
tasters have regular schedule. Some
wines are classed as crazy, and madden
ing Others as poor, medium and good.
The first kinds of these are on account
of immaturity generally. The wine
which has attained the proper age never
is classed as crazy This effect ID
caused by the presence of carbonic acid
gas. which is expelled by age. 1t is not
necessarily caused by strength. Every
county in this State can produce white
wines, but some better than others. A
good wine should have body, or leave
an aroma or bouquet in the mouth
after tasting. Mission grapes are defoc
tive in this respect, and do not possess
it, and never have. Light wines have
the most bouquet. especially the Medoc
red wine and Rhine wine. They are
rough when new, and should remair
eight to tep years in the cask. Lighi
white wines stand transportation better
than heavy wines. In France the grape
crop is not uniform, like California, pari
of the grapes being green and part rot
ten, few of them ripe. Grapes should
be plucked just before absolute matur
ity, and should have % per cent. O.
alcohol when on the vine; then, whel
fermented. would be at the standard O
II per cent. The question is, "Do peo
pie want light wines ?" A majority
both East and South. want body, thos.
from California averaging IL per cent
alcohol, to 81 per cent. from France
Good wine should be shipped direct, i
possible. Middlemcn are a nuisance
and manipulate your product, while you
can't help yourself. don't really know
yet what Eastern people want. We
should educate the wine drinker.
through the newspapers. They have
influence. and are the proper medium
1t is to be hoped that new varieties Of
grapes imported will prove to be sound
and good ones.
J. DE BARTH sHoRB
Followed, and began by complimentine
Mr.. c. A. Wetm,re on his successful
and thorough work in behalf OF viticul
ture for years past, saying that he had
done more than any other man in the
State. especially as regarded adultera
tions. The speaker thought that he
shoul be appreciated, and ought tt
have $40. 600 for his Jealous labor. Mr.,
Shorb then said: 81 agree with Mr..
Wetmore in regard to foreign vines. but
I don't think he understands Southern
California. The climatic condition.
should be first studied. California pos
sesses all the climatic conditions which
grape growing Europe possesses. The
making of light wines depends ON tenn
perature. Our county is like the Medot
country"
The speaker then read an elaboratt
staten ant by Gen. A. d. Hszen, Chic
Signal officer, regarding the average
temperature in California for three years
and that in the Bordeaux district
France, showing that California is con
stantly FIVE degrees lower than France
Grapes should be picked here JUS
before they arc ripe. So far as l know
this State is the only place in the world
where all varieties of citrus and decidu
GUS trees grow on the same rancho. TIL,
Atlantic and Southern States are differ
ent. A variety Of fruit which can be raised
in the one locality cannot in the othel
If we can raise such variety of fruit,
take it as reason why we can produces