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Petite Sirah and Riesling, bring from $22 to $24. The eastern 

 wine-makers, however, have the advantage of being close to the 

 largest and best markets in the country. Wines made in the 

 East are very different from those made in California and 

 supply a different market. 



A few years ago most of the Muscadine grapes grown in the 

 South were used for wine-making. From these grapes wine 

 has been made since colonial times, and for a century there 

 have been some large vineyards of Muscadine grapes in the 

 South from which wine was made in a commercial way. Since 

 Muscadine grapes do not sell well in the markets in com- 

 petition with the grapes of the North or the Pacific slope, 

 the Muscadine grape industry has been dependent on the wine 

 industry of the section in which the fruit is produced. The 

 growth of prohibition in the South, however, has driven the 

 wine industry to the North and West and there is now little 

 wine manufactured from Muscadine grapes in the South, al- 

 though some grapes are shipped North for wine-making. The 

 wine made from these grapes is very distinct in flavor and on 

 that account a special trade has been developed for it. It is 

 possible that this special trade will keep up .the demand for 

 Muscadine wine so that some part of the crop may be shipped 

 to wine-making states to supply this demand. 



GRAPE-JUICE 



When properly made, grape-juice is the undiluted, un- 

 sweetened, unfermented juice of the grape and contains no 

 preservatives, fermentation being prevented by sterilization 

 with heat. The product is as ancient as wine, and, therefore, 

 as the cultivation of the vine, for all wine-making peoples have 

 used new wine or grape-juice as a beverage. For centuries 

 physicians in wine-making countries have prescribed grape- 

 juice as it comes from the wine-press for certain maladies, the 



