The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-20
WORST wine YEAR SINCE 1910
tINDNT igfT ~ ~ Way
FRE ven lINll iEEN.
No Champs snr to Er Wade Austria ar,i
itai, Also suffer Prices sure 10 go
Up Public tharti Also NiIi suffer
klntasrS >oN In the NErkCt.

- bNfit NisD WIZ Niiis
Vintage >oN IN the '.Erhct.
LONDON. Nov. ! Several reports from
various WAN" growing dr-r.Cts h.v.'
already appeared ~ rEE St'N ~h'wluL
that the season Of 1870 ms been d'.a--
'rous Mes Gilbev~ annual report
anpear'.d yesterday and only confirms
tho most p"Ss .mIst.C estimates that hIv"
p~,,cedrd II. Not sine" isio, Il sr"m-
hhs disaster been so complete The
,schief ora: .untcd IN N" cary si'r.rg
and summer whom tn" continuous ms
Nudity ersepdrTrd ever: form Of de
structIye insect hf" VIII Oh hlghted AID
withcrcd the grapes. In many vineyards
especially those q! Franc. and Germany,
few perfect bunchcS were TO I've seen
The beautiful weather OF September aud
October would have rIp"n"d the grapes
II there had been any Rut only IN
g.. favored districts were there any Ia
r.pen In the more northern wine gro"
ing parts of Europe Sh" quantity - $50
insignificant tina, the quality NJ lo'" =
COMMERCIALLY Of small importance.
In Germany along IN" Rhine ard
Mrselle there will b.. barely on--t"nth
II AN av"rag. crop. In III" Champaign"
and Sau.uur districts and IN the Bur
gIndy and Chabls districts Of France
th. vintage il positively blank In
Coxnac no brandy will hc distilled this
v.ar. In the Medoc and other districts
~ Bordeaux. more favored than any
o-her part of France. there will bc luItle
moro than one-third OF the average guam
titles Of Clarst and Sauterne made
In Austria Hungary the crop is est
mated al one-third and III Italy rot much
more than one-hnlf In Sicily there will
Re about two-thirds of AN average from
the old vines but the young vines. planted
slnce the invasion OF phyIloxerL. ar.
reducing we'll. so that the islands total
crop will probably be a. in 1909. In north
ern Spain ard also in the south and sherry
districts there may be from half up To
three quarters OF n crop.
The Portuguese yield il nearly average
and the quality il good. Thousands Of
tons Of grapes have been sent from Lisbon
20 France and Germany. whose idle
presses will thus have been occupied and
tho duty on imported wines escaped
Outside Europe crops have boon fairly
good Madcira's vintage IL nearly aver
20 and ~ good quality Algeria has an
.Ncellent vintage both in quantity and
guality. while Che wines have doubled
ana III -fNne Nl-blVh hi ''Ai"
ris,v years ago Algeria produced no
wine Now the output Is nearly o.oo' coo
Gallons annually Nearly AL this IA con-
-.ned In France. where it is in greater
-.1ue,t and more highly appreciated than
many Of the cheaper home productions
Being grown in French colony this wine
enters France duty free
The normal annual yield Of the European
virevard@ - computed at 3.Ooo.ooo no
-aIlpnS az this Franc" usually produces
about l.OOo. 90 900 gallons. This year
rance : production ill only be 100 600 a"
Gallons A France il ho-h the largest
,-oduCer and consumer of wine the
'ailurc 0f this years harvest - nothing
o~s Than a national disaster Assessing
he wine NJ price Of only is cents
Gallon tn loss 10 France thiI year would
r. sons 500 .UnJ 90 IN" report give
=one striking examples Of what tnI-
.pss means Estrcrne poverty will h"
brought upon -maller growers and all
employed III industries which d"p~nd
upon the production OF wine Th"grea'"r
rar- Of the wine grown in France - con-
-Ined in the district Of production before
y - a year old Thus there will h. a
varitable famine Of the staple beverage
Cf tho majority of the populati on. who
sonsume on an average 100 bottles head
a year
ward owners are penniless and dependent
uron IN" shippers for money for the Guilt
va-ion and care Of the vines till next
Years harvest The hospital Of Beaune
IN Burgundy. famous a. "a splendid char
Nv, depends for part of ITS income on IA
dozen VINEYARDS. the wines 81 which
realize from sijCs1 TO S5JOOD year
This wear not gallon will be mad"
The natural result of this shortage
will be an increase Of pric" all around
Champagne ~ the wine IN which public
interest IN England - perhaps greats'st,
and the -"porr has som" interesting infor-
nation a. 10 the present stock Official
figures show that in April iaS 900 600
BOTTLES were IN the cellars % k"IrI-
and Eperuav. apart alto gefh"r from
cstocks N the hands % merchant, m other
parts Of Franc" and tn" rest Of III" world
This represents he worlds Consurnp' ION
81 champaign. for at least four years
In the ordinary courS. W 10 q millions
Of boI'l"S would have been added Ia III"
stock A. II - Their" will not b" a -lngl.
cask ho-r I'D for champaign" This wear
Ti'tla Of IN" celebrated "intase Of
1895 remains The excellent champaign"
~ 1870 - IN" on. nos being chiefly con
sured IN England The vin'as" Of iani.
which has been tho princ pal champaign"
shipped from France during IN" last ~"
Years "a much appreciated for its hight
ness and elegance The coming vin'HE"
~ excellence is that OF 1919. IN be shipped
~ England neat wear II alreadv has
Oh -apu-a'lon IN the trade IN" next
0aampaGn year was 1907 This wine
a now generally adrnir'ed 70 be much
finer than vas originally anticipated
With regard to carrots. the famous
vintares II 1890 and 1870 are becoming
"erv scarce Three later yintages are ~
A"KNowied god merit. 1905, 1877 ami
800 The iASJ clare-- have been tho sur
rrl-e # m" century Owing to IN" bad
slr. NOR -nev were not made till lnr" in
October bur they unexpectedly dev"l
nfed -tiCn extraordinary good quail
. ''"- that he whole ~ m" classified grrw'hs
md met ~ m" prs'ni"r bourgeois wines
q Medic" wnr" bought ~ bv the Bordeaux
'.' '"r' wI'hlT "A month AZ compare
'''.'" hIgh ~. o. ard the whole ~ the
90 'Ir'agr wa' l".' ~ the hands ~ the
....v"r~
't|'' reEs-Tl - T'r' whatever NAV ha
=" "..'I. ~ m" w faRe- Il ihI4 and last
T"ar wii ~ ~" h"'h consid"r"d useful
.gt.4fFv DDS 500. a