New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-06-27
THE VINES or CALIFORNIA.
A TALK WITH AN ENTHUSIASTIC GROWER.

DEFENDING NATIVE vINTAGEs AND DEsCHiDiN"
CALIFORNIA METHODS
4 TRIBUNE reporter was recently In an up
town hotel rrequented by Calitornians, and met cp
to.t from that State who much Interested III "he''
In the course Of conversation the capitalist SAID
has been some railery at our expense IN "'shihS'o
recently because. though we say SO mucn "oo"' ~
Wines people pretend that we always drink ING 'in
t,y.. Of foreign countries This is OF those hait
truths which lead people into error more iata"y 'u'
downright schools II ia true that in certain notes
and RESTAURANTS where they mako specially OF keeping
Californian wines, no from the Paclfc slope WHO
is prominently identified with the vino in-
terest ever thinks OF ordering oo'''c'
But the matter can readily De eHpia'heo'
To begin at the beginning Eastern men have some misty
notion that the OF California is an inherancerom
the Old Spansh settlers IL is that the missions OF
missionary establishments Of monks in California were
all OF them provided with Vineyards inc grapes "crc
Malaga but they had greatly deterlorated III quay'
and the wine manufactured originally for the purposes
of the mission masses, was known as mission whe Inc
real beginning OF wine making IN California must date
,rop the time of Colonel Harazthy. Hungarian mag
nate who introduced at his expense cuttings OF all
the best vines Of Europe Experience mas proven 'na
OF all these there some hali-dolen particularly "o
ADAPTED to soil climate or California Inc "ihe
drlnkcr generally knows nothing about vines ana Is
only convcrsant with vlntages, but in California tho
was what vines shall we pantP We tried the Pinot
Crane which is the vine gives the famous wines OF
Rorleaux but it would do nothing for us. Inc S'u
yageot which of the grapes that gives burgundy
Wines was the contrary very well sa'ishcd WITH tho
Pacific SLOPE The greatest success however. WAS Win
the Znfaudel Hungarian vne wEich many oe'
ueye 10 be Identical with the Sauvageo for both names
imulv tne same thing namely, that the vine was
,attvc European wild denzen Of tho woods. ana nov
nursling from distant Asiatic chncs h'huet "o"n
thousands of years from tho days OF Bacchus
For the past ten years regards red wue VIC nave co"
ceutratcd our efforts upon Znandel with tho happest
results We know that this vine will give Us VINE
which will be equal any Bordeaux vintage Ill exis.-
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Th Fret ch divide their Bordeaux wines into chateau
Wines gr iud bou geos wines aud ordinary ao'e "ihe
Meloc and ct. Julien, and ST. Emon ana 81 H''epuo
are all grand bourgeois wines. Now, sehtioh"h WIN
felt much FOR Californian wlne''hi more es'
uec,ly Znfande took to Bordeaux, In 1876, some OF
that which ha been title for three years aud SUD-
tel il to the Judgment Of the Baron \. dc Luzewho IS
I'd be at the head OF the wine business OF that
REGION lie at once cassed it with grand oourscoiS
wines But the gentleman was not Satsh'u Win 'n"'
altering was for he placed some SIX uolen
botle I'm the admirable cellars OF the London CIVIL orr'
vice supply Association whore the vino remained Tor
, raar. II WAS then tested and found TO have i'm
,rved I'm oualy more than 100 per cent; but IL hal
Then been five years bottle. NOW, the whoe business
l. there in tha fact. Znfandel Can never DC chc"P
wine for obviously 1t requires five years 10 mature
When man comes figure up the cost or hoIdihS one
wilma crop over for five years. he VIII begin to under
stand why Californian wines nave hitherto not Dech lhe
success abroad which they are at home Californian wine
yrs had not only to nd out the right kind Of grape,
Int they hal learn much with regard 70 INC 'y-
ten OF fermentation required by thc ne" co""on' u
which the grapes were exposed. Iheh tAoy h'i ~ 40
,ner avn cellaring and ding, and then they
tnrsaf laf
willing public. Their capital was totally insufficient LOT
he.e ouerous burdens and the consequence was mat
almost every man the business pat upon the OUTSIDE
market wines that were not only not mature out III
may instances mad not cohpleteu lnoia &c ,h r,c
But" continued TIC S"iao,i''' ,,o,nn ,hor
men OF the Pacific slope nave become tiol-
Easn business .Sr We All u comr rehen that the
Gcsidoratdum is good ordinary table VINE al we see
Very nroliac yelder aud fast grower. which yirds
wine fhn natures few months after ITS rt rermenta-
ttrh hni We can Improve this by blending with II some
Der cent OF ripe Znfande wblch Is a"iIaoe ioi tne
iSrss of It's flavor tho decacy OF It's taste anu tIo
rne.s Of It's bouquet IRIS Will give table claret itr
SUPERIOR to table carct France se's US one Oh .no
rIon vitlculturst4 OF California made an nnatioh
OF tie wne-shlppinE port. OF may COUNT; Dor
I i ne dispatched from France this country
rim de craisDn export wine, whose consumption -
,N,, len N, France as it known To he deleterous III
con, .ttin and moi truly Tho coming OF that
gooi time when we shall supply tncse oh.rea Iae
indIr sfor in efficient amounts. That We shall do
=, - - c.rt,Inty for We the vines. we nave tue
kLoXledge ant now we have the money.
| ., What about white winesi" asked the reporter
! me vines that have gwen most Satisfaction arc
Ricslng aud Blue ilba, answered the Cal,.Vanin,
Rnt il would be wrong to omit white st Peter ana
! white Znfande, both OF which nave SHOWN superior
cnailtt.s The Dropretor of vineyard near san jose
ps results with Resling when are superior 10
rho nest Fur,er Reslug OF the Rhine region lie us
o rod thar the ueriod for bOttng Resing was when
.ne WINE had been eight yeirs IN me tu ana hence JIG
came 10 the conclusion that all the stories about very
ali wnes were nonsense. White wine remains station
ary "A soon as bottled but until IL Is bottled roses 50
,nIch every year ny evaporation. Therefore III the
oil ,uns at Heidelberg and HAMBURG, a. new VINE must
h. dd every year to make up for bis loss, III twenty
ye the percentage OF really Old wine must DC very
| mai Nth iSue Elba 'llent white wine
! rs h.en obtaned quite equal To HOchhelmer A COM
hnation of the old mission grape properly cultivated
with white ST. Peter has given sherry Win genuine
Nadeir, flavor, wing the same suOaci alter taste
nnSiaI with "A flavor of walnuts sherry Is being sou
tonay In san Francisco, made III Los Ahgeies Wh;ch
tcorevery point OF view equal to Madeira. with the
white Zlniande mingled with white Mnscat, blue ElDa
and old Znfandol champagne Is made when Is fuily
'nnaI 70 uue French champagne One OF our wine
myers has succeed miraby with white wine MADE
by crushing in the same vat Blue Epa ana mission
grapes. ..--.,., ~ .a,, tina calt,oroIan In
! concln,ion that 1 must make before dismiss INC
nh.ct II ia To me very doubtful II the best wines
mature in your Eastern The severity OF the
winters inst prove fatal 1t Is Therefore absolutely
necessary that East should only buy nnshcd Gail
fnrnan wines Hitherto there has hardly been enough
for home consumption, and fancy the time Is some
what distant when you may hope to get from us our
hest IS and Zinfandels Inc man VINO wants 10
know what the pest CalioIhian vino 10 "'' e' w S
ifOrnia TO drink IT,