New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-04
The PURITY OF WINES.
Correspondent Declares That Pure Article
Can be Obtained.

TO the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: TIE articles appearing in the %Fw-York
papers reporting an interview with Dr. Wiley ch 81
Of the Bureau Of Chemistry. Department Of Agri-
culture ct Washington. regarding foreign wines
with such headings a.. Americans Only Drink the
Labels" Your Chateau Wine is Only Vim Or
6!raire" are apt TO mlslead the public as to
whether there are pure wines = be found in tire
American market or not l. the interest OF the
importing trade, wish % correct any such wFeRs
idea, and to say positively there are. With a
little care used - locking feF trustworthy wine
/ merchant. one can get all the pure wines he
wants That the American market is label rid
den and is the dumping ground for European
wines is. IL measure. true. For years. IN
Fortunately. owing 70 the lack or wine knowledge
Of many Of our wine merchants and the public, the
shippers wine merchants etc, OF Europe Hooded
this market with wines that were very poor values
many bearing labels that indicated nothing, and
II many cases bottles bearing false labels.
This thing began years ago, when tae cid vine
-,e-chant-vho used to Be vine lover and eefl-
-ossseur-deParted. and the business went into the
hands Of the grocers apd general ven6ers who
claim they are in business TO supply tAe public
With sch goods they want" Quite natural
for them quite right. Many brands tar.4!ar 10
the public to-day reached prominence in that way
Steamer after steamer brought So esnen here from
abroad VINO had for sale wines and spirits Of all
kisss and owing to the lack Of real wine knowl-
edge o. those handling wines. they were able 10
6leee taer wines and spirits at large prices for
, what they were II every part o. o04 A1.4-. 80
/ country in the world has had the money spent on
= to sell wines and spirits that has been spent
here Almost fortunes are annually spent by vari-
4s heases TO brin- their wines and spirits 70 the
front Naturally. this money must come back
What is the result? Quality and he pubic suffer
! Thanks 10 government, 4 law haS al iaSl
I beer paszaG which. II properly enforced, Will go
4 largely toward bringing about the pGrlHc4uOn OF
the wines drink. England. acilrg under sucl
LIS lacked bv the Intelligence Of the wine mer-
chsrt largely killed OF the a~tisclsiiy FF5duc
mines and sDirlts-Or aCulreratet wines and spirits
found her soil Laws alone viii not remedy
I 80. evil i IS TO the honor or the growers ana
( d,stillers the wine merchants. The vendors, SLch
Z hotels t-let We must
3 Our hotels our clubs our restaurants. Al have a
/ seems almost cruel 70 think though pay high
r-ice. expeCtiur u get straight pure goods that
. " Should be fooled by the veEGer who places
. other goods before rs than those Tor winch We
/ Teflinr potties Of well known brands with other
1 goods IS almost universal All done 10 make the
already ENORMOUS profits stn larger
3 grant suffer from many evils We are label
ridden: We aye the dumping ground but let II be un
C.rs-cod ard bereC. a nne a line OF Chateau
b--tfiu-e OF Bordeaux wines and PURE. high class
anywhere in the world. The newspaper articles
. referred 20 spoke Of only the rich classes who
! go ABROAD get the genuine Chateau bottlin@." II
! ir well Known fact that there are many fakes
/ thyeusA this very class One OF the London wine
! houses that sells and ships largely here, was
caught not only fooli1g the well-tO-do Arns-ica
/ -rftb s41ee vintage wires. but the English mar
! BE 20 look around them at home. they would
/ T5rors bfv get as fuc wines and spirits Euro0e
| produced with far more certainty # their being
I genuine 7 Is good reasoning 70 say peo-le lg-
| norsu+ enough 10 be fooled ~ home by foreigners
He7-1erE oct : l5aa vER1TAs.