The sun., 1895-05-26
THE CALIFORNIA WINES.
CAUSES or 1HEIH IEL sUCCEsS 1SD
IHEIR ADULTERATION.
Foreign I.nbeir-A Lack OF Scientihc |
Method. Among Growers History OF |
tho Wine Industry the rncinc Coast.

Foreign I.nbei--A Lack OF Scientinr
Methods Among Growers History OF
tho Wine Industry on the rncino Coast.
A few days ago there appeared In TIE SuS
An extract from the San Francisco Examiner
which admitted the wholesale adultcration of
California wines, and said that the result was
A growing disfavor for the vino and greater
bardships for the producers. t~c wine being
aIulterated In San Francisco by shippers. The
article complained OF the injustice done to the
producers who get no credit for the really good
wines that are made on the Pacific coast and
THAT can be sold In tho East for lower prices
than corresponding grades of foreign wines.
one of tho best-known dealers of this city, the
pioneer In tho California wine trade. said tho
other day that the aduiteraton carried on was
a fact we'll known to all dealers, but added that
the public was the chief cause OF II, and that
the Government was responsible for the hum
bugging of the public.
1--WE all know" said he. that q great, a very
great, proportion of the vino sold under Cali
forna label is poor stuff. ono mass of adultera-
tlon; but there are causes for this. the chief of
which is may call 1.-THE snobbery OF the
American people, who will not drink anything
hut foreign wines or wines with foreign labels.
The quality OF the wine has nothing to do with
It so far as they are concerned; all they demand
is the label and price.
n tnuf fpr nf I'm q ~ npa n NM do
in California as in any district In Europe. with
the exception of the highest grades, and what
q. mnrs IN, people are constantly drinkino IN.
h,n, nroduct If they only knew Il ,l,ncs
n, IN. custom Hons. renor,s will sho,v Tho, In
,h,las, fen wears the imports of wilma b,ve do.
creased nearly 80 per cent. and at the same time
the population OF this country has greatly In
creased, and the number OF wine drinkers has
Increased in greater proportion. Now, IL the
,mn,rt, hayu decreased n nd IN. cnnsumn,io inn in.
rr.as.t where does IN, win, come from, IN mnLs
nthe difference? There /, onlv onc answer.
II comes from California. and pcopls who in
their Ignorance have been boustinp abont their
an, Kurrundtcs. clarcts. Rhine wines. nnl nor,s
nav. b,.n drinking na,,v. wip.s
"Th,. secret OF the compara,ive IN ,uccess or
,,.r,,iye nroduct c,n bo fou,d g., III. histor,
n, ,h, win. industry OF California I dare sav
,hn, IN, great majority NJ n.onle ,bink ,ha,
,h. win..prowin,, ,pdus,rv nf t,,,i,,rnin ,vn.
r,sult ~ scientific inves,,.tion ,hnt IL ;,,.h
vrowrrs went out to thnt Star, in N. .nrIv d,ys
aud ,ttcr l,nr inc ov,r tb ,oun,rv f,rnd ,h.,
III, ,cmntic conditions and the soi, we're favor.
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,orn lon, t,r. Tn, ,hra. w.r.. IN s.n Er.n
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STATE ,nl ,,ra,es ,,.r. s,,d IN son Er.nc,.ro
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ln,v, I'm, ,hoy ,.v.r r.,.;,.a o,v mo,.v
And thut IN a pren,er or less EXTENT ha heen
III. n,s,orv ~ wir. ,ro,yiny peon,. rn.h.5
i,,o,n. ,rsin.ss ,i,bnrt anv tno,,i.d,. -, !,
They ,ook land that was mora n for not. toes
Than CRANES luokin only for th, quantity mt
,hc,unlitv A, nrs, ,h.y wore ahi. IN sol, tho
,rui, h,t hcfnr, lonc ,h.rs was nm overnroduc.
,un and th,v turned IN wine n,akiny Their
rrurcs were M, ~ Tho riobt sor, th,i- vim
making piap,s w.r, in.,rouatr. thev didn't
II, d,rstand IN, hu,ip,ss and ,s n resul, tb.re
vans .ccnmul.,cd n tr,rondops .,ock NJ s,ur
nt,6, ,odrlnk Iw,u sn..t of that later
In,hc n.,, time ,h.r, was ,,ood wine made
exceedingly good win, hut there was no demand
fori, Th. great American nnblic would bav.
none of II, MT the prices asked which we're vsrv
-, " 80
mGrh lower than those OF corresponding grades
Of foreign wines. Dealers could not carry their
r,,ri,,ie,, IN s,,h an x,.n. No >, ,,,.. ,h.i.
r",'N.eA " 'u', u" 'A.ent 40 W .nu'o 'noI.
own rum so 10 dispose oi thoir hatiVe product
they bottled it under foreign labels-a fraud.
bu, nm boncs, fraud for the neopl, w.r, pettinr
' .. -i"""' ''' '"' 'oo''' nv h0'.""
letter goods Tor the same money. This practice
has grown TO enormous proportions.
"A, m. same tim. IN. v.., i,fux nj peop,e
ra ,'.. VIZ Iii ~ ehnn
from the Latin countries created Call Tor cheap
wine. This was the beginning of the adultera-