ON THE ART OF MAKING WfNE. 



with the pollen of different grapes, new and valu- 

 able ones may ultimately be produced. By the 

 choice, therefore, originally, of proper varieties of 

 the vine, and by such naturalization on these prin- 

 ciples as we may be capable of producing, we shall 

 have gained one great step in the art of making 

 wine, from grapes of British growth. 



The next step is the choice of that soil, exposure, 

 and method of treatment, which is adapted, r.ot 

 pnly to the habits of the vine, but to that particu- 

 lar climate in which the cultivation is attempted. 

 Our guide here must be the practice of those 

 countries, whose climate most resembles our own ; 

 of certain parts of Germany and Hungary. An 

 elevated situation, a southern exposure, shelter to 

 the north and north-west, rocky and southern pre- 

 cipices, are peculiarly adapted to the situation of 

 a vineyard ; so are gravelly and rocky soils ; a cir- 

 cumstance in another view advantageous, since 

 Ithese soils are of very little value for common ag- 

 ricultural purposes. But I forbear to 'enter into 

 Details, which are to be found in many essays on 

 gardening, and in others which have been written 

 expressly on this subject. 



It is the more direct object of this essay to show 

 that the making of good wine from grapes of 

 British growth, does by no means depend on their 

 niaturation, and that this is not a necessary circum- 

 stance. The process of making wine from grapes 

 will be reduced to a much narrqv/cr question, if 



