The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-01-10
l9SooE's WINE VAULTS.


4 : ssi -tua
sar si~sr.,po.ss--crapo Juice and ns..Ay.
The total floor arca at the vaults a&
the ionion docks is million super
icial fest and in this space s., 900
,,iIies Of wine can easily be stored, and
len room found for 5000 casks Of
brandy. The various vaults are built
Ia ti.e sorra Of . crypt. The largest q
tlcsc-tlie cast vault covers four
srrss OF ground, aud ps we taks ppF
light. q small oil lamp Gxed 10 the end
of piece of wood some eighteen
inches long, our guido informs US that
thcr1 arc in this cellar alone twenty
one miles of scantling wire, or minia-
'tele railway lines, over which the bar
rclSsEs roBsd.:-4 ..oo -
d sxaoi tor yardsand Eapds is eoq,
cred with beautiful species Of funguA
the growth OF which is due to the
fumes OF the wine, peculiarly which
is all the npSe noticeable, as where NO
barrels ind Temporary resting place
no fungus grows aloft. II Is as hight
Us feathers, and takes the most elab-
orate and artistic forms. Small hill
locks, gigantic punches Of grapes, long
ropes, which puff Of the breath win
snap In two, while such delicate de
signs are TO be found here as to make
i' II sSs sSs't nas ri nYH hi. ~ aasass,a; psssssns
grow, and ia the season good crop L
always secured
THE Drawing Room" covers nearly
TN acre. G'ibis is 2 private vault. scru-
pulously clean, the sawdust caEpej
unspotted. It Is rented from the com.
pany by we'll known firm Of wine
s,.eae ehan.s and as we examine cask
marked fAs pake," Ws learn how
testing l. raanased. Tho buh9 p} .
barrel Is never removed for testiaE
purposes, but tho attendant has to bore
small hole in the cask, and the wine
aogs into the dock" glass. Tho
faster Having satisfied himself as to
strength, the flow is stopped by ,As
insertion OF a small stick Of wood.
Every hole has to be accounted for,
sne tho total must correspond with the
gqlbbes pf 'Isasssng asders" issued
from the owners office. Sometimes 1
whole barrel runs away in tasting.
The brandy cellar covers about seven
acres OF ground and some 81, 900 casks
are resting there just now but during
tho Franco-G German war the author
tiles contrived to provide accon,moda-
jiog fss II 900 fssks, All fhe brandy
was 'dFiveh out ~ tpair;e; ~ salas
was Si5, ,00, 600. and an official WlG
helped 10 receive the barrels at the
time haa made the interesting calcula-
tion that il they had been placed i. q
line they would have stretched for
thil.g four miles. There are casks Of
| brs,nls hoIc---asqf.sei. decorated
with cobwcbs- fWu6ty fthass o...ts
| One OF the .sngways l. .searly qu4Fr
Ter .! u u,ile long, and in the midst OF
this huge cellar runa the snow tank,
into which all the sluice, snow aaG
| mud 81 winter j. poured.
! The waiting l,1.1, ;yhers hragdy
| is improved by mixing oiie Iaal,tI
! with another contains some Of ihe
/ l'.rg-s, spirit ~reptaeles in the world,
| gigantic yellow tubs syrnrnetricaily
r3Adc, on each Of which Is painted iii
holding capabilities. Here IL one which
requires $4,000 EYton4 ~ aliqaps 70 til
| il, another takes 1000. Others 2,4E
| t.4s0. l. .ro1 ond 530. something iia@ q
thousand gallons of brandy running
through tho taps every day.
The mixing process has ceased at iie.
moment u our visit, but il is vhis,
! peYed thai IN another corner Of iae
docks large quantity eff gin Is shot,i
! 20 be converted into 'swceteue;t. The
'swee:e,,in9' barrel. holding tic mod
est saausisa .,s G7O gallons = into
| which The gin il IL ,,niyle.ens,; sl;..s
( is 10 i, Tndted~!s ea qiss. .ao6st aiFItG
Il, immediately over Il huge mouth.
is All opening some yards in leue -
aii'i four inches deep by nine inches;
| ?ido, aud ins.l this q rivulet of gin is
flowing ssors tho inserioE 81 liye larry.
casks which aro enptying thenisel aas
into tho barrel below. AS soon as tiies<,
aic empty others take their plnce, aiit!
the wat" ililod, tho sugar in "a liquid
state " pddcG, The whole mixed so-
gether, ana shrartly nfterwasri it i
! bottled, sent abroad untj .lppguy,d of
~ the choicest Cream CT The Ea!lsa. =
| \ word about the 5ottliiig dcla!t
uiel,i. AZ fast "a tie wii,e is put n.to
bottle IL goes out for export. tne
average pumbsp If dozei.s, scaled,
every day being a0o. X goot, ias.4.
can case hundred dozen bottles e>-
tween s and II o'clock in the morning
III tho cellar telow the hottling roous--
whers. hy.the-bye, 600 dozen Lottles
can To- pi:.ee9 s;dc by eide of tie Goo,s-
tho basiyJs prs Eept sD1 although tax
cellar u lighted with Eas: lifty.fHll
J.,,,,.x 80 Easde.i ftr bIrly,lsi.s' mn.