The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-10-04
in character, and a great favorite with tho

in character. and a great favorite with the
court Of SPAIN"
Our golden sherry, our C%hambertin, on,
Chauteau Laftte, ia said to often come
generous hillsides of Brooklyn, and VS.
Canal"
1.-The tradesmen who in LIQUOR deal,
OF our canal good use can make.
And when they mean their casks to i'll
they oft its waters freely take.
BY this device they render less
The ills that spring from drunkenness.
For harmless is the wine you'll own
From vines that in canals are grown.''
A large proportion of the so-called for
eign wines sold in America are of American
manufacture. The medium grade olarets
and so-callsd moselles are made in Cali
fornia in great quantities. Our senator.
Leland Stanford. makes excellent wines.
On the islands Of Lake Erie, the lake
regions Of central New York and along the
banks of the Ohio and Missouri rivers are
vineyards producing excellent wines.
An honest American wine is an excellent
thing to drink. And yet it disguised Com
modore McVlcker, who was entertained in
London, as president of our yacht CLUB, to
I be asked to drink American wines. Still
the catawbas, "dulcet, delicious and
dreamy" are not to be despissd. Neither
are the sweet and dry California growths.
The indigenous wines which come from
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apt to be musky and FOXY, and are not
pleasant to an American taste. The cataw-
bias are pleasant and are of three colors.
rose color, straw color and colorless, if that
be a color. In taste they are like sparkling
moselle, but fuller to tho palate.
The wine produced from the Isabella
grape is of adsoided raspberry flavor. The
finest American wines are those produced
from the vines known as Norton's Virginia
and the Cynthiana: Tho former produces
= we'll blended, full bodied, deep colorsd,
aromatic and almost %astringent wine. only
needing finesse to equal a first-rate Bur-
gundy. The second, probably the finer Of
the two being a darker, less a~strinpent and
more delicate growth.
Among the American red wines, may be
mentioned the produce of the Sohuylkill
Muscsdel, which was the only esteemed
walton Of the Catawba grape; being in fact
ambitiously compared to the crns Of the
Gironde. 1t was . better acidulous wine,
little suited to the American palate, and in
varlabiy requiring an addition of sugar or
Lonafellow sings of the vino of the Mus
tang grape of Texas and New Mexico.
The fiery flood
" whoae purple blood
Has a dash of Spanish bravado."
The Carolina scuppernons ia detsstable,
reminding one Of the sweet and bitter med |
ioines of childhood. Tho Herbsnont. a
rose tinted wine, is very like the Spanish
Manganilla.
Longfellow says Of sparkling Catavba.
that it fills the room with a benison to the
giver. cit has, indeed, a Charming bou- |
quet," says the poet.
The name of Nicholas LonQworth ia in. |
tlmately connected with tho subject Of /
American wines. To him will ever be given
NIL honor, as being the father of this indus
try In the American new world.
But the superior excellence of tho Cali
fornia wines has driven the New York and |
the Ohio wines, it Is said, to a second place
in ths market.
In the expositions Of 1888 in Paris md
In Melbourne, silver medals were awarded
tothe lnglewood wines, which are of the |
lied Clarot, Burgundy and Medoc tyne. also |
White Wines, Sautsrne Casselas and Hook. |
Chablls, Rissling, etc. -
TIN right soil for the cultivation Of the |
grape ID a hard thing to find, but Capt. |
hiebhum, A rich California grower. has Hi |
the key note when he SAYS:
~ have no wish to mako any monov mt
or my vineyard by producing a large Guan-
Ivy OF vino Mt u cheap or moderate price. /
am going 70 make 4 wine which. IL n oan
be made, will be worthily sought for Nv
oonnoisssurs, and | am prepared to snend
all the money needed to accomplish thnt
result lie says frankly that he has NOT
yet r oduced the best wine of which Cali-
iornia 10 capable, but that no hns auooeodod
~ PRODUCING a better wine than MANY OF
tns Foreign wines sold in America,
no might hnve added that bo0sheada NJ
Oaiiiornia grape juice are sent annually to
bordeaux TO be doctored aud returned TO
America az French claret.