Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-16
Chemist Wiley Of the, Agricultural
Department Talks.
PREPARING OUR EXHIBIT FOR PARIS
Comparison Made of the Home
and Foreign Article.
THE INDUSTRIES GROWTH

peeii coHeclSd from all parts or the united
States and are typical of the products Of
our vineyards
The greater part of them come from
California. but all the wine producing sec
tons of the country are represented From
the extreme south the sweet wines of Flor
ida and the scuppernongs of Georgia are
| in evidence. From Virginia exhibits have
been obtained from the Charlottesville and
Manassas vineyards The great wine re-
gion of Lake Keuka Is fully represented
by all the standard varieties produced
there, including the celebrated ehampagnes,
for which this locality is so famous. The
| lake shore vineyards Of Ohio also rep
resented by samples Of still and sparkling
wines.
Not Sufficiently Appreciated.
American Wines" said DR.. Wiley to
Star reporter, ARE not appreciated at home
as they ought to be. In London American
wines may be found at all the hotels and
restaurants, and they are rapidly replac-
ing the French wines in the London mar
kets You may look In vain, however, for
an American wine upon the bills of fare in
the 1irst-class restaurants and hotels of
New York city any of the other large
cities of this country 1t Is true that Amer
leans are not wine drinkers, in the sense
~1>' ",N VIVA 40
dorf-Astoria you may look over the dining
room full of guests and probably not one
with wines When wines are called for in
such places however, the imported wines
are the only ones which the guests have
the chance of ordering.
ne prejudice against American wines
is altogether baSeless from a potable point
of view While it is true that haven't
wines as Old as are found in some OF the
cellars of Europe, nor of as fine flavor or
bouquet, it is nevertheless also true, on the
other hand, that the common table wines
which are found in this country are fully
as good as wines used for the same pur-
pose In Europe. This is especially true of
the clarets and sauternes.
The California wines, as a rule, have
slightly higher content of alcohol than
those of similar class produced in Europe.
This arises from the fact that in California
there is greater number of hours of sun
shine, and consequently a grape is pro-
duced which is richer in sugar than the
European product, and which therefore on
fermentation yields a larger supply OF al
cohol Ia the red wines this increased
content of alcohol NAV average perhaps
one per cent or over, but is not enough to
form a valid objection against their use
Of III. 1910 w. 80. - ariu,,in.r 49,
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nos.;hi,it,- 49, 49,, - TX 60 ca,raI ir,
ported wines have never seen a foreign
,,i,avord ,,,1a,s ~, Iooti,,r a,,t fro,, .
ny 'o'hte ou' Aioiii "
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narbans mia as fine an a~t j., e,is Hl,,,,
trv as the nanufacture af rtyi,1a md a,-ap
ADVERTISEMENTS can he fd,,2d offerine 70
mark corks which are to be used in the
United States with Spanish or Erancb
brands
curing a tvnical American VIVA ovbihi+ i,
Paris is not so much to omen a roarLDat IN
France for this would he like .carryinp
GOALS 70 Newcastle hlt tn conxjpca h, 40
leans ,bat tbaTr oyup ,,rod,cye - -
of their own natTonaaa A. rne,, NJ, Wy ny
the wine iury in chicago at The m"r,5 -
fair I was imprassad VIII H. t,roo !" " 80, ~
done IA American wines Nv, ~ . [,Is $50
ton which took niaca tbere VIC oiiipe''-
1T is true that no great imnressio7 was
mad ,,nor tba ,,oS;on,e =, 'i,-i y, d,
the English noemher Of the winn ~, 80
co faVnr.hiv ir,nrassad rri+b ~ C yui "aS
win tbat S da l 80 ,ie
use of his own countrymen; and il was
largely through this report that the con-
80 ~ ~ in 81, Wits III LONDON
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a.
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on pio ,'ueu d me grace OF 90
- o.as,,rI,, -, eaIi oo'''e
,,, ' -, M opNiii' pre-
h,,+ I'LL, - $3.50 49, 49,, O. III C.
- t' ~ Ooieet'i 'iie i'oeis OH the pot
Ties.
The members of the club We're unani-
nous in the opinion that finer wines wara
never drunk. and thew were gra.+I,, a.
! tonished when, the dinner vs. 80 as
| learn that the wines thav bad 60 ~
praised were domestic vjnas ri sly
day the yenerahle nresident of ~ 49,
| Judge Lander. visited me r. ga me ,, cup,
name of the VINEYARD when cmiiI, T % me
such excellent wines stating tha+ t Ililsl
| forth he Intended To- dfsca ru for.1s
| and to provide himself with those ~ 49,.
| lean origin alone 'N' Vi Aiei-
| TT is true that MANY varieties Of Ar,o,,,
! can wines still have a necuIiar favnr CT.
! at all obiectionable hut due eitbar ~ ~
| culiarties of climate or soil From vsar -
year however American. wines continro
| to grow more paIatahle as the ratbn5. ae
manufacture become more scinntiao "a ",
better adapted TO The conditions az a .ti
country VI VIC
The Paris Exhibit
"1t t. h,,,o.., -, a.. ,.,,',
10 pe'eVeu 'hat the exhibit at Paris
VIII compare favorably. In flavor bouquet
and body, even with the French wines of
similar grades and while no ,,+.,>,,,. ~,
@'07' $3.50 "--A-S 'Ao oStciiipt Will