Wine-Makiiig in the Lake- Shore Region. Sy 



begun with limited means and a small product ; and though with an oc- 

 casional drawback, caused by want of experience in its early career, it has, 

 nevertheless, gone on with increasing success both in the quantity and 

 quality of its product, until now it has established a permanent and in- 

 creasing trade, fully equal to the ability of the firm to manufacture ; and 

 that, too, without the necessity of advertising to give publicity to their wines. 

 Last year, their product was twenty thousand gallons; this year it will be 

 more. 



Of sparkling wines, they manufacture three brands. The " Diamond 

 Wedding " and " Honey Moon " are made mainly of the Isabella must, 

 combined with the Diana, Delaware, and Catawba, with a view to flavor. 

 The " Sparkling Catawba " is described by its name. 



They have several varieties of still wines. The Isabella, which lacks in 

 saccharine matter, by the addition of a small amount of sugar to bring the 

 must up to eighty-five degrees in Oechsle's must-scale, produces a wine so 

 nearly assimilated to some of the Rhine wines as to deceive experienced 

 wine-tasters. 



The Clinton forms the staple of their red wine. The grape is rich in 

 sugar, and makes a deeply colored, rich, heavy-bodied wine. The acidity 

 of the grape gradually passes off as the wine increases in age. To be 

 appreciated, it should not be drunk until two years old ; and it is still bet- 

 ter at three : it is one of their best wines, and commands a high price. 



Catawba wine, one of their articles of manufacture, needs no description. 

 That variety has already a national reputation. 



Last year, they manufactured nearly two thousand gallons from the Dela- 

 ware ; and the quality of the product shows it to be one of the best varie- 

 ties for the manufacture of white wine. The Diana and lona (a small 

 quantity of the latter having been made last fall) they regard as stand- 

 ing at the head of any varieties yet cultivated in their section for white 

 wine. 



Some of their wines, at one year old, they sell at wholesale as low as 

 one dollar per gallon ; others command a dollar and a half, and even two 

 dollars, with an increased price as they become older. 



