AND WINE MAKING. 



1. We have the finest climate in the world, and can 

 always make a good product, even in the most unfavora- 

 ble seasons. 



2. We have remunerative crops every year, if we avoid 

 frosty locations, though not always equally good or 

 abundant. Entire failures are unknown. 



3. We can make good wines, and produce table grapes 

 and raisins every year. This has been fully demonstrated 

 by the crude beginnings of the past, which have already 

 produced wines superior to the average of European im- 

 portations, and inferior to but few. 



4. We can raise grapes and make wine cheaper than 

 any other nation or climate, for reasons given above; and 

 if present prices drop down one-third, or even more, the 

 producer will still make a fair profit. 



5. We have the world for a market. We can satisfy 

 every taste, as soon as our vineyards and wine-making 

 establishments are skilfully handled. We can produce 

 light, agreeable dry wines,, red and white, as well as all 

 the heavy ports, sherries, and sweet wines, and we can 

 produce them at less cost than any other country, be- 

 cause we have no failures. All we need is, to have our pro- 

 duct fully known and appreciated, to make it sell. 



That we shall have many reverses yet, that there will 

 be thousands who have commenced grape-growing with 

 high hopes, and with over sanguine expectations, who will 

 drop out of the ranks in a few years, because they lack the 

 necessary intelligence and perseverance, I fully believe. 

 But this is as it should be, and will be, all the world over. 

 It is the old, old tale of the "survival of the fittest," 

 which will repeat itself here, and in this calling, as in 

 every other country and business; and those who pei se- 

 vere and are fit for the task, will reap the benefits. Poor 

 wines will be a drug in the markets in a very few years, 

 and none but roally good wines will find a ready sale. 



