Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-01-12
Experts Give Their Opinions of California
Wines.

New YORK, January 11th. - B9af0H'S
I-ic Circuiaf gives tie result of a test
! made of two cases of assorted wines sent
/ to that paper last month bV Il San Fran
| cisco firm, who say: The goods sent
| YOU have not been bottled expressly for the
! occasion, bu. are from our general stock.
I Some of them have been bottled three and
! four years The editor SAYS: AFTER a
! good resi- the wines were subjected to the
Judgment of several competent judges
who gave separately the following opinions
concerning the Marco Brunner: First -
| Bouquet not pronounced enough; some
flavor slightly inclined to bestally; has age
and seems fairly made. Sccond-No
boquct pqtepr bitter after-tasJe, prcad goat
de terror. Third-No bouquet slight flavor
not diSagreeable; some age i'll bottle, but
hard and goes off Very thin. The Rcsling
was decided unanimously to be fair wine,
but inferior in all respects to the Marco
Brunner
The following are the three opinions
given in the same order concerning the red
znfandel: First-Bouquct. good OF its
kind fair color Secund-No wine bouquet
to be distinguished without great eXerion;
green, peppery, disaErleabiy aromatic.
Third-finc color, sound, Characteristic,
bouquet; sharp and foxy. but not enough
BODY; little yiuosity. The following 0pin-
ion was given of gutedel BY one of the
Judges No bouquet; marked, not I'M
pleasant, flavor; sound, stalky, but fair
body; some yinosity. Otthe Burgundy the
following opinion was written by the same
examiner: Fine color, good flavor; excel
lent bouquet; good body, much yinosity
and shows aIC.
The opinion OF the three examiners was
unanimous that the Marco Drummer was
the best white wine they had ever seen
from California. OF the two bottles of Bur-
gundy, lot one was in a body condition
unfit TO be seen the Other, which was seen
by only one of the Judges, was pronounced
by him to be the best red wine he had ever
seen from the State. On the whole, the lot
gave a fairer promise than any other that
has been shown here. Some samples of
wine. exhibited at the last State Niticult-
ural Convention in San Francisco have
been sent to Germany and Austria for eX
animation by competent authorities. We
shall look forward with much interest to
the reports We are well aware that Cali
fornia does not produce a Marco Brunner
nor a Mouton Rothschild, and we are very
certain that it never will but the question
is, can ii produce a good, sound, healthy
and agreeable wine at price to compete
with similar vintages grown elsewhere?
We think it can; but, as we said before
talk will not make wine, even if it does sell
a little here and there.
lie Was Coming to California.
New YORK, January 11th.-Louis L0em-
berg aHived Saturday at Castle Garden with
his son and daughter Loenberg was 4
pawnbroker in Brighton, England, and
having sold out his business, came to this
country, intending to settle III San Fran
II,,
landing in Castle Garden by three young
women, who wore sealskin sacQues and
great deal of jewelry, whereas Loemberg
and his son and daughter were poorly
dressed. The CustOm-housc officials be
came suspicious and searched Lnemberg's
baggage. Old coats, vests, trousers and
other garments were found IN his boxes
and IN the pockets were f0rty-nine gold
watches, number OF silver watches, d lot
of brooches, pins, bracelets and other arti-
cles Of ieTeiry.
VIII Trade Dollars be Redeemed?
WASHINGTON, January 11th.-The bill to
redeem trade dollars, which passed the
House on the LIST OF April last, has not yet
been reported from the Committee on FL
nance, to which it was referred. Friends
of the measure will make an effort to have
it reported to the Senate this week, in order
that 1t may pass tilat DOdV ana become
law during the present session. The ma
iority OF the Senate Finance Committee, it
is said, are opposed to the measure. If the
bill should get before the Senate, even with
an averse report from the committee, it
would probably pass. In conversation
with your correspondent tonight, Senator
Mcpherson said that the trade-dollar bill
would certainly pass the Senate at this ses-
sion.
The Salvation Army Becomes Belligerent.
DAYTON (0hio), January 11th.-The ex-
element about the Salvation Army has
reached crisis They have recruited
strong enough to be aggressive, and on Sat
urday night took the streets with tamhour-