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with the deliuitii uis allowing amelioration have been adopted as a com- 

 promise between the wine producing sections of the East and the West. 

 Missouri and Ohio wanted the privilege of amelioration of their wines 

 by the use of water and foreign sugar added to their grape juice and 

 they got the privilege to a limited extent under government supervision, 

 in exercising this privilege the wines of these Eastern localities shall be 

 deemed to be wine within the meaning of the Federal law and will be 

 sold as wine qualified by the name of the locality where produced, such 

 as ' ' Ohio wine, " " Missouri wine, ' ' etc. 



The production of California wine requires no amelioration and the 

 advertising possibilities by way of a comparison of the two articles 

 should redound greatly to the advantage of California. On the other 

 hand, I believe the Eastern winemaker will soon see the advantage 

 of making wine out of nothing but grapes, and these grapes must come, 

 of course, from California. Indeed, the movement has already begun 

 and hundreds of cars of wine grapes have left this state during the 

 past two seasons. This movement may assume greater proportions in 

 the future and California may be called upon to plant even a greater 

 area of wine grape vineyards. The transportation charges to Eastern 

 points are too high at the present time, but I believe this matter can 

 be adjusted by the proper showing to the authorities in charge of this 

 particular feature. I might add here that because of the fact that 

 Federal legislation was much belated this season, many inquiries from 

 Eastern manufacturers for California grapes came to naught because 

 the harvest season had too far advanced. 



The secret of the inquiry for the grapes of our state lies in the fact 

 that our fruit contains the high sugar and low acid characteristics 

 necessary for blending with Eastern grapes to produce pure wine 

 without any amelioration process. 



My estimate at the present moment of the tonnage of grapes that will 

 have been used this season for the making of sweet wine and grape 

 brandy is as follows: 



Sweet wines 220,000 tons, producing 17,000,000 gallons 



Dry wines 140,000 tons, producing 21,000,000 gallons 



Brandy 40,000 tons, producing 1,400,000 gallons 



This production, if the estimate proves correct after the season closes, 

 will have netted a sum in excess of $6,000,000 paid to the grape growers 

 of the state by the wineries. Of this amount about $1,000,000 will have 

 been paid for the culls of raisin and table grape vineyards. The 

 production of dry wine would have assumed much greater proportions 

 during the present year if Napa and Sonoma counties had not been so 

 seriously damaged by frost. 



In conclusion I wish to say that I take the position of the optimist 

 in relation to the future of the wine industry of California. I do not 

 believe it is going to be destroyed. Its position as an asset of the state 

 ought to prevent its destruction. 



