The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-11-15
HIS MAGIC BOTTLES,
Tricks OF london's Professional
Wine Doctor.
He IS AN EXPERT JUGGLER.
This Master Mixer, With His Chemi.
eals, spirts and Water. viii Turn
Out Chsaply and With Ease Any
Dssired Brand, New or Old.

Ter 10 regard him as an entertaining
juggler who does surprising feats with
a magic bottle.
His apparatus. arranged on narrow
shelf. consists Of dozen or 10 Of
small glnss stoppered bottles OF vari
Gus colored liquids. n big jar OF cara
mel ana another Of silent spirit There
ore other things. such as nn aerated
water plant. but 1t IL openly displayed
downstairs. For the neration OF table
waters Is the wine doctors ostcnsible
calling.
Fact is there's too much wine made
already" he says-"rcal wine. I mean
It's not wanted. II keeps down III,
price. Besides. It's wasting good land
to plant 1t with grapes just TO keep III
the old myth that they're necessary for
wine making"
IA. draws my attention TO his row OF
bottles with comprehensive wave OF
the hand.
"Sce those: Wine In embryo. tons
OF 4. Give me good water'--hc indi
Gates an Innocent looking tap In the
corncr-"and I'll turn you out n bottle
OF anything YOU like To namc-while
you watt
That Is what | have come for ]
ought perhaps TO explain that ] origi
nally met the doctor In n distant col
ony. where men talk more openly than
they do here. and-wcll. he knows that
what ] may set down In print about
him will convey no clcw TO his idcn-
tity.
"Mind you" he goes on. Il don't oh
ject 10 real wine In moderation. My
own best qualities have base Of
sound sherry or burgundy. Take
claret. for instance. Why send 10 Bor
dcaux when with a gill OF Australian
burgundy or Spanish rioja, water
watch while do it-a few drops -
French vinegar and % per cent OF po
'ato spirit that's colorless and odorles
Ind only costs n few pence per gallo.
! can give you chemically the sam'
thing with more alcoholic strength
Presto, II is done. lie pourS som,
OF the result into n wineglass ant
hands It TO me. II has the look. smcl
Is. and Cd. bottle.
Total cost fraction over three
pence, bottle and label included" he ex
ults; hooks and sautcrnes the same. !
little real sherry for the base. sufficient
acidity-say citric-an astrlngent llk,
fannie acid 10 dry them, spirit ant
water In proportion TO dry them. and
h., \ ant h., O.,
and use white sugar sirup instead and
you have chablis."
\ dispensing druggist In n hurr!
could not make up Il prescription more
quickly than he manufactures win,
before my eyes. taste n "nlerstcin
er"
Light elegant dinner wine witt
good body. from the IIoggen-Iioch
helmcr district" he remarks In III,
tone of one quoting from wine ci:cu
lar. "Now try the graves. Dry anc
Havory. ch? The chablis soft ant
round. isn't It? You quite recognia,
the yintagcs you've had TO pay respect
able prices for:"
Is it SO. or has he the power of sug
gcstion. like Il prcstdigitator. who cal
make you believe that you hear you
eighteen carat gold hunter ticking In
side a boiled egg?
These. OF course. are new wines
he explains. The addition of n tea
spoonful OF sterlllzed glycerin ages
them at once. You might remember
that when you've got a new whisky.