CHARACTER OF THE WINE. 39 



the clearness of wine substitutes ardent spirits as the common 

 beverage." 



Extracts from Reports of the Committee on Wines, to the 

 Cincinnati Horticultural Society for 1843. 



Mr. MOTTIER'S Catawba, vintage of 1837 was adjudged 

 the best. 



Mr. RESOR'S Catawba, of 1839, "a wine of good capacity," 

 " by age, will become of a high character." 



Mr. MOTTIER'S and Mr. RESOR'S " Cape" wines, highly 

 spoken of. 



Report for 1844. The committee met at the house of the 

 president. 



Thirty-nine bottles were exhibited ; some pronounced very 

 fine, the preference given to the Catawba. A few bottles of 

 foreign wines were intermingled, but generally detected, and 

 pronounced inferior to the native. Private marks were 

 placed on all the bottles, known only to the President and 

 Secretary. 



This test was very creditable to the discrimination of the 

 judges, and favorable to the quality of the native wines. 

 Three gentlemen- from wine countries in Europe, were added 

 to the committee, Messrs. WERK, REHFUSS, and BRACHMAN, 

 who fully concurred in the opinion of the superiority of the 

 native wine. 



[See Farmer and Gardener, Vol. 5, p. 255.] 



At an examination of wines of the vintage of 1847, by the 

 wine committee of the Cincinnati Horticultural Society, in 

 March 1848, thirty-six samples were presented, most of them 

 of excellent quality. 



The prize of a silver cup was awarded to Mr. SCHNEICKE, 

 for the best Catawba wine ; a certificate to Dr. MOSHER, for 

 the second, and to Mr. RENTZ, for the third best. 



A still larger number of samples was presented at the 

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