Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-08-30

The finest wine cellar in this coun-
try belongs to George Gould. II is di
vided wine cellar. Part OF il is up in
the Catskills at Furolugh Lodge. A
second portion IS under the residence at
Lakewood. But the great bulk Of it
lies in the vaults of his new town house
in Fifth avenue.
Every man wealthy enough to own a
wine cellar mas one. He may not drink
the wine himself. Henry Clews, who
has one of the best burgundy wine Gel
lars in the world, drinks no VINE him
self-not q drop His uniform drink is
Bass's ale and a German brew OF beer.
But he glories in the possession Of the
Burgundy of 1912, of which there are not
more than 500 bottles in existence, and
he is very fond Of owning CASES Of old
MADEIRA of that same year.
George Gould's wine cellar is fitted out
with racks hung against the wall These
racks were put up at great expense.
They are of three kinds-wood, metal
and sewer pipe.
WIRE RACKS IMPORTED.
All metal wine racks are made abroad.
They are designed after the wine racks
invented by old Kais.r Wilhelm years
ago. and though the domestic racks are
Just as good, wine connosseurs must
have the Ka ser imported racks. Wood
en- racks can be made by anybody. They
are shelves with notches in them. In
each notch there rests the neck or a bot
tie. The bottle lies fiat upon It's side,
perfectly level. In the metal racks the
)ottles are separated by the wires. They
)ar.Gy touch each other Outside there
q framework that Op5ns and reveals
me case OF wine at time. The frame
work is open. Thus, persoT breaking
into a wine cellar, could feast the eyes
only for the bottles are visible, but
Gagged. The tips Of the fingers might
tantalizingly touch the ends.
The sewer pipa casing Of bottles was
brought to this country by Cornelius
Vanderbilt. whose wine cellar, accord
inc 10 Henry Clews and many wire
connossieurs. is the finest n the coun-
trv Mr.. Vanderbl.ts favOrite wine Is
German vintage worth $3.50 per case.
Others say that the Gould cellar Is SUI
nerior. The sewer-pipe storage was N
vented by a French noDleman during
.be Franco Prussian war. FIRE Destroy
ed his residence, AID the falling debris
demolished the wine cellar. Digging IN
tba rims the nobleman found some OF
Tho hotties uniniured. These he was so
anxious 10 preserve that ne avg MS
sewer pipe from the ground, ana laying
- IN rows he rushed a bottle into the
denths of each Ink. The result 'en
,,ears later was the finest, moist5sI spi-
cisst VIM ever tasted.
GOULD WINE CELLAR.
In George Gould's cellar there is long
-,. - If those short links OF sewer
s sIot In each link there hides a rare
Plp '.io some of the vine is OF the Vmt-
~ ~ 1871. which $ the c.aes, ciaIet
,.sor " II is worth 5000 for a case OF
dozen bottles. s,,.
VI W. Could's famous Bordeaux and Ma
deira are the talk OF the o.u -" 49,
When they were at Cowlss' MT. uould
took over a mixed case 10 the Prince.
Iobn W. Mackay has very me
os.teen VINE. which he sends 10 ms
oorntrv TO friends a. Christmas. INA
80, Inc is wine that : bottled on the
- -,,+-,, estate. Mr.. Mackay's chateau
- i messed from his own presses
va W ho-,led in a wine house. Il Is iaid
anu d. ha oJr taken to the cellar, and put
II. ma 80 ~ become famous wine twenty
years later ~. +bo. e under
-zyentv-five years Old-no man VINO IA. n@S
wine cellar. Nor is ne aIIa.a
of being imposed upon. As matter '.e OF
co. he knows from personal experience
he age OF his wine. Every man mas
favori,e vintage. J. B. Haggln' the
fomnns silver mine king o. California
- large collection Of the 1873 Vini-