The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-02-22

1t is one thing TO make good wine-quite an
other to get 1t distributed to the consumer In
its integrity and under It's own name. The first
promise of success in California wine-growing
was killed by the ignorance and greed of the
merchant-poor wines badly made were bought
in bulk and sold as California wines, while all
the finer wines from the better vineyards were
"fxed" and bottled under foreign labels. SO,
year after year, the wine improved in quality
the reputation suffered through Justification.
Mr.. Crabb would not see the work of life
time go by default. He had done ran down
good honest work in elevating the character of
American wines and he demanded vindication.
"No more middle men. l will sell my wines
drect'
The To-Kaon Wine Company is the result of
this first attempt at vindication. The best of
his wine is sent here. 1t is stored in
ample vaults 1t is handled with care
and good judgment. 1t is sold on its merits
Character and age of each wine and brandy is
given. There are no fictitious combinations to
suit fancied tastes. Every bottle of wine sold
carries with it It's history and certificate of char
acter. The character and standing of this
agency has become we'll established. Occa-
sional visitors drinking the wine here and desir-
ing it sent to their distant homes months after
ward are sure of getting the same wine at the
same price, while it is admitted that the full and
final type of California wine is not yet estab-
lished. Yet, SO far, Mr.. Crabb stands at the head
in actual results. He has taken more premiums
from the various State exhibits than any other
ten wine-growers on the Pacific Slope He is still
an eXperimenter; when where any section of the
State is found to produce higher grade of one
variety of wine than his locality and soil will
grow, he will be ready to admit the fact and
will become generous purchaser. His inten-
tion is that his agencies shall be standard on
American vine products. The To-Kalon Wine
Company is his only agency east Of Chicago,
and is composed of Mr.. w. T. johnson, his SON
in-law and representative and Messrs. W. j.
Kline and E. j. McQuade, who have been con-
nected and identified with the agency from it's
first start in the city of Washington.
OF the amount of wine on hand in their ample
vaults at the corner of Twenty-seventh and X
streets the following list of wines now in reg
ular supply to customers will give some idea:
Red Wines-Claret, Claret Especially Cham
bertin, Zinfandel, Golden Gate, Burgundy,
Becan, Cabernet, and Royal Red.
White Wines-Resling, Sauterne, Gutedel,
Chablis, White Pinot and Frontignan.
Sweet Wines and Brandies, ,etc.-Sherries, Ports,
Muscatel, Angelica Catawba, Malaga, Madeira ;,
1ohay' uiaPe Diahuies, lI"o W Cen years olu, J
Blackberry and Cherry Brandies, Red and
! White Punch.
Necessarily some of the brands are distn-
guished by the names of grapes, such as Gutedel,
Reising, Zinfandel, etc. AS such names are
used commonly by other producers, the con-
sumer should always bear in mind that quail
tiles under the same name vary, therefore he
should be careful to remember the private trade
mark Whenever he finds q bottle especially
pleasing to his taste. All the wines of Mr.
Crabb are TO KdlOn, and all labels should bear
this chief distinction.