The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-12
OLD PORT WINE. IN
STATE OF NEW YORK
Some of the Vintage of 1915 in a Peeskkill
Cellar-Other Good Collections-W
Caused the Decline in the Use
of This Wine,
of This Wine,

oporto cellars. the walls and timbers
alike are black ned by the conzt-n,.y
evaporating alcohol, and monster cob
webs lang in fantastic festoons before
the dingy windows ana lrom IN dtrk.
decaying rafters. There was n famous
Sell your coat. sell the sn!.t of your
back, sell your skin y yoa Gun ! a..S
one to buy il, in order Il, puc'niss vine.
some natural ports II the r;ntaga of
1871 from Norval AMI '..ia.i. 5 are
sound and clean wines; alid white ort,
when it Is not rain-w lt,r oak. is made
from the SIC ps-tail'' glTip4 Nun.
seys OF a pale golden .a.cr with
most pronounced flavor - l,.M,rfui
bouquet, and a luscious aud delicate mus
catel, are largely eGpor u III Bottles TO
Brazil. Thee is alto Sc.-:., tl.e GIi l..
nal foundation of which dates back to
1871. which is known as ne -~4sIIla c.
Port" from the circumsta1 as .'..t sev-
era1 pipes of it were supp ia every year
to. Z German Chancellor FIR ais t"n
sp cial drinking thrs ugh tie Gst.'vn Con-
sui at Oporto. The old .st rAistng house
in the port-wine trade Is that .f Hun,
Roope. Teage & Company. WIG da'e
back to 174e Some Of ar TIT ca:le
20 this city over 100 years ago.
DEAN STANLEY S GIFT TO CYRUS
w. FIELD.
About ten yea1s aso l was sent for by
The late Cyrus W. Field to see lot OF
port wine which had been presented to
him by Dean Stanley. Of Westminster.
1t had been bottled in curious dwarf
port-wine bottles, and from lying upon
it's SIDE for many long year had de-
poeited a rich heavy sediment that chung
10 the under side of the bottles IKE
thick paste. The corks had shrlVeileo
up to about one-quarter OF their FORMER
size. and any attempt at moving tne
bottles would have SO disarranged TINS
sediment that the wine would have pc
come muddy and not fit to drink.
had all the bottles stood uprish. LOT
several weeks, and then again visited
the closet where the wine was stored.
The sediment had settled, and 1t was
cutie possible then to draw the OLD corks
and replace them with new ones without
disturbing the wine. The character Oh
this wine was fuil-bodied, and was the
finest port wine that had ever seen IN
lis city. 1t is often the case that port
wine thus for years lying on Its SIDE is
,hso,,telv unfit TO drink, for the reasons
that It is impossible to decant the ciSaA
vine There is no reason whatever why
corks that are good at the TIME OF oot-
hing should not last for twenty-five or
49,, years without needing to be touch
ed. ,,r--
COLLECTIONS In Ifd1o ~ l.
OF collections of port in this city there
are but few. Gordon Knox Bel mas
some of1ley-Forrester Of extreme dehcacs
that he inherited from his father. the late
Edward r. Ben, but outside OF thest
two wines 1 know OF no port WINE OF
any straight year later than 1901 TO pS
found in New York, except In the one
instance of the 1915 year before alluded
TO. which was purchased by the late Gen-
eral James W.. Huested whose ceuaF
AZ Peel,sktll I5examined some years since,
when found several dozen OF TINS ",he
still in perfect condition. Henry Clinton
Rac,,us at one time had q dozen or TWO
Of this vine as did also the Metropolitan
Club at washington This VINE Ie was
originally purchased by Mr.. howard
through Mr.. head, Of Oporto, but re-
cent attempt to secure an additional
quantity of 1t resulted in the response
that there was no more Of the 1Slo YIN
tare nrocurable. ne oldest known I'M
wine is 1915 and that Is held at
such a figure that it is useless to import
If for sale here Here is an original
label Of the 1915 vintage: