GRAPE CULTURE AND 



125,000 white wine, and 60,000 gallons of brandy. I have 

 no later dates. His leading varieties are Trousseau, Mission, 

 Mataro for red, with some Crabbs Burgundy (Refosco) Blaue 

 Kibe, Burger and Sauvignon or Pedro Ximenes for white. 



The San Gabriel Wine Company, J. de Barth Shorb, Pres- 

 ident and Manager, have also a very large establishment, but 

 as I applied to Mr. Shorb for information, and received only 

 a very curt reply, that he had no time to give it. I am unable 

 to give particulars. 



A very important enterprise is that of Mr. Juan Gallegos, 

 at Mission San Jose, Alameda county, also lately sold to a 

 company; which, however, purchased only the winery and 

 water right, casks, tanks, and 250,000 gallons of wine, at a 

 valuation of $300,000 ; Mr. Gallegos reserving the vineyard 

 of 550 acres, but agrees to sell the grapes to the Company. 

 The winery has a capacity for storing one million five hun- 

 dred thousand gallons on first and second floors, while the 

 third story has a capacity for fermenting one million gallons. 

 The wine house is built of brick and stone, 240x110 feet and 

 contain two crushers, two elevators, one hydraulic press, and 

 all the necessary apparatus, casks, tanks, etc., besides the 

 distillery 35x85, and a frame building for fermenting purposes, 

 cooper shop, etc., with abundance of water and water right. 

 The vineyard is 550 acres, containing the following varieties. 



RED. 



Zinfandel 435 acres, Mataro 34 acres, Cabernet SauvignOn 

 24 acres, Burgundy 16 acres, Trousseau 6 acres, Tannat 5 

 acres, Mondeuse 4 acres, Petit Bouschet 4 acres. Total, 

 528 acres. 



WHITE. 



Green Riesling n acres, Sauvignon Vert (Pedro Ximenes) 

 8 acres, Clairette Blanche 3 acres. Total, 22 acres. 



While admiring the enterprise of Mr. Gallegos, in building 



