The San Francisco call., 1904-11-04
Fame Of a Great
State Industry.
Is Maintained.
HERDicTS QUOTED
ExpOSitiOns Give
to State Many
Signal Awards
HERDicTS QUOTED

In a recent issue Of The Call the wine
men Of California had an opportunity
70 see what they have 10 confront in
the East The St Louis correspondent
Of this paper interviewed A J High a
vinemaker OF New York. who assumed
70 have superior knowledge concerning
winemaking in the United States, and
in California il particular The lead
ing wine men OF this State declare, and
bring the strongest possible proof TO
support their assertions, that Highs
statements are q series OF misrepre-
sentations-
In the attack that High made upon
the California wine industry he said
that California dealers are using sali-
CyIfc acid in the wines that they send
East: that there Is not sufficient cellar
room in California TO hold their juice
until il is true wine; that shiplOads Of
juice are going from California 10
France. there 70 be rebOttIed with
adulterants in the French laboratories
and reshipped 10 America 70 be sold
under French labels at higher prices
than the similar wine direct from Call
fronia brings: that California is not
going about winemaking in an honest
and substantial way that not one
drop OF true wine'-Jhat is the prop
erly matured articles shipped from
California Other statements are made
as ridiculous as the foregoing.
Percy T Morgan. president OF the
California Wine Association; P. C.
Rossi. president Of the Italian-Swiss
Colony at Asti. having huge plants at
Asti al MADEIRA and IN san Francisco,
and Charles Bundschu. president Of the
GundIzch-Bundschu Wine Company
and chairman OF the California COM
rnfttee Of the viticuItural exhibit at the
St Louis Exposition, have been inter
viewed
Ny. Morgan calls attention TO the fact
that al the Paris Exposition in France
IN 1900. France being the center Of the
worlds fine red wines, Californians
were SiEuaIIy hOnor6d by the award OF
many gold. silver and bronze medals
By a French jury. that probably knew
more than Mr. High about the differ
ence between Juice" and a sound. ma
tured. ffrst-cIass wine; that at the Pan
American international Exposition Cal
ifornia wines were recognized by sub
stantfaI awards. and that at the St
Louis EXPOSITION an International jury.
more than four-dfths OF the members
OF the jury being foreigners, California
was awarded for wines and brandies
four grand prizes, fourteen gold eleven
silver and Eve bronze medals, or total
OF thirty-four awards. as against one
grand prize six gold. six silver and
four bronze medals. total OF but sew
enteen- awards 70 Eastern wines
This testimony Of competent disin-
terested Jurors should. better than any
written refutation from an interested
source. give the lie 70 Mr. Highs intem-
perate and biased criticism, says Mr..
Morgan
Mr.. Rossi says that California wines
that are marketed compare favorably
with any wines that are made in
France, Italy, Spain Germany or in the
Eastern States, notwithstanding MI
Highs absurd remarks: also that I'VE
are exporting large quantities of our
wines 10 England. Germany and SwitZ-
erIand. where the most stringent pure
food laws are in force. and the con-
noisseurs OF the world would not take
our wines and pay more for them than
for their own products unless they
proved superior in quality and purity
Mr. Bundschu says that the sweeping
assertion Of adulteratiOn is malignant
falsehOod. that the assertion that Cali
fornia wines cannot be shipped safely
in their first or second year without
preservatives shows gross ignorance or
a maIevolent spirit Mistakes have
been made in California and probably
are stTI made, but not on the lines TO
provoke such unmitfgated- unscholariy
- cent criticism -