THE 



ART OF WINE MAKING, 



BY MONSIEUR BULOS. 



THE precise moment advantageous to this im- 

 portant feature of the system of wine making, 

 varies according to the object it is proposed to 

 accomplish. In most northern countries, where 

 the temperature but rarely allows the grape to 

 attain a perfect maturity, the vigneron is com- 

 pelled to gather his fruit in an immature state. 

 Notwithstanding the unripe condition in which 

 the grape at such a moment is found, the gather- 

 ing becomes indispensable, as the rains incident 

 to the advancing seasons, the humidity of the 

 atmosphere, the cold nights of autumn, with the 

 probable danger of early frosts, seriously injure, 

 and sometimes expose to entire destruction, the 

 whole crop of the vineyard. 



In southern countries, where the climate is in 

 general more favourable to a cultivation of the 

 vine, the vintage is hastened or retarded, accord- 

 ing to the quality which the cultivator pro- 



