COMPOSITION OF AMERICAN WINES. 



TABLES OF ANALYSES. 



It was intended when this compilation was begun to include only 

 the analyses of wines of known purity. As the work progressed, 

 however, it was deemed advisable to include the data of all analyses 

 of samples having a definite history or origin. 



A large number of known samples of California wines have been 

 examined, but only a few complete analyses have been made. Ordi- 

 narily only those determinations were made which were essential to 

 the control of the fermentation. In other States very little attention 

 seems to have been given to the composition of wine. A few labora- 

 tories have purchased samples on the market for the purpose of analy- 

 sis, but usually the source of the wine was not ascertained. It there- 

 fore seemed desirable to include all the analyses which could be found 

 of samples which from their labels and composition appeared to be 

 pure and whose sources were stated. 



The volume of work which has been done is not sufficient to justify 

 the adoption of standards for American wines. It appears that our 

 wines differ to some extent from those of other countries, but we are 

 not yet able to determine just how great these differences are. It 

 seems important, therefore, that this work should be continued, and 

 that the musts and wines from all the wine-producing sections of the 

 country should be examined. 



In the first of the tables which follow is given a list of the samples 

 of wine analyzed, together with all the descriptive data available. 

 The second table contains the results of the analysis of these samples, 

 recalculated for the sake of uniformity. The numbers assigned to the 

 samples, arranged consecutively in the first table, are the same in the 

 second, though differently arranged. The tables for use in the exami- 

 nation of wines are placed at the end of the bulletin. 

 Description of samples of American wines analyzed. 

 ARKANSAS WINES. 



i Published in Second Annual Report of the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, 1889. 



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