Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1895-08-15
HOW WINES ARE MADE.

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The French wine IL weak IN tn nat.
ural state. It must be siren 1theneA
The Spanish vino IS strong. but not
strong enough. It must Be made
stronger. bow? That was the mys-
In 1887, for example, France imported
seven million hectolitres Ia hectolitro
equals twenty-five gallons) OF Spanish
wine, and in the same year Spain i'm.
ported eight hundred thousand hec.
tolitres Of alcohol from Germany.
Tho alcohol Of commerce is
like child that does no.
know its own father. It.might be the,
simple product Of the grape, aud then.
again. 1t might not. with the accent on
the mot" The founding has manv
reputed fathers-corn. rice and other
grains. potatoes. beets. honey. starch.
Etc. Iii produce alcohol-alcohol that
NAV ha used to strenrthen the wine.
Of France. which by the way. is not al
ways to be taken az the Juice either Of
the pure and tender grape or of Crane
mixtures" "When the lions skin
falls short, we exc It out with the,
fox's." When the harvest fails, wine
can be made of dried raisins, figs, 10.
Gust beans, etc, etc. Thousands and
thousands Of boxes of poor quality raj
sins, figs and beans annually find their
way to French territory from eastern
lands, but we will leave them out Of
the reckoning and confine ourselves to
L. N
to the water just yet. But, my friends
Of the clubs, you who have your spec
ial fancies In brands of wine, can you
believe that your Macon, your Ii.
bourne, your Beaujolais all come out
Of the same, vatp That your Bordeaux
md your Burgundy are twin brothers,
with their birthmarks slightly altered
in the cradle? You are not compelled
to believe me If you do not wish to, but
Magma est veritas ct praevalebit."
Truth lies at the bottom OF we'll and
knows great deal about the wine
business.
ana now l Will give you one OF our
authors definitions OF coupage. 10
lake mediocre or bad wines, wines ar
tlnclally a1cononzed or poor, unite
them IN the bonds OF close carriage
with the wine OF Spain, and make
wine OF agreeable taste and OF nature
to give satisfaction to the consumer"
And he adds: 1T is veritable art.
that OF mixing wines can easily
Delleve It when ! sec those rows OF
enormous vats, containing from 300 to
1000 hectoiatres, where repose 50
many alnerent VINES. ! THINK nos
".tnous melancnoly, OF Inc Gays
Wnen my 1atner woulo say 70 Me-
Little ono, We will take some vino
to-day. In that happy time the con-
sumer was nos whas he 10 now; no
Ane" ana appreciated "lne' 40 ma 20
no. tn a., ana :, aepraveo pal.Se.
Mou.iiaXe explains 1'sei1. a "etslnS
uown LIS Is " we. uown' ~ may %
li'Sie more =, . le.1 ", less out - :. 10 a4'
ways "etting. lnere Is simple
equation winch the wine concoctors
are continually solving, to their own
satisfaction, at least. 1t is, two casks
spanish wine plus one cask water
equals three casks bordeaux rms 10
slmPie 100 simple, IN 1act' Tor ~
leaves the french VINE OUT altogether'
ana II must Dc Droagnt INTO tne reck-
onlng OF what becomes OF the homo
prooucsa Lev US start again: ono
casK spanish AM a., VINE equals Two casks
noroeau4. Inst Is beginning, ana
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