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This is not possible at present, on account of the great number 

 of different wines made by each vineyard, and the hopeless confusion 

 of names. 



Instead of having in each district a host of different names, such 

 as Hermitage, Shiraz, Carbinet, Burgundy, Chasselas, Riesling, 

 Tokay, &c., let each district produce a definite type of wine. 

 Names derived from the sort of grape really mean nothing. Two 

 Rieslings for instance, one grown on the Yarra and the other on 

 the Murray differ as much as Hock and Sherry. 



Each district now has its Vine-growers' Association. Let all the 

 vine-growers join it, and agree amongst themselves to produce one 

 class of wine, or two at most say one white and one red and 

 instead of the host of names mentioned above, the wine will then 

 come to be known by the name of the district in which it is produced. 

 We should have, for example, Rutherglen, Great Western, Bendigo, 

 Mooroopna, and so forth. 



Such a change will inevitably come, and the sooner it comes the 

 better for the wine industry. A man will then have some idea of the 

 contents of a bottle from the label. 



In all old wine-growing countries this is the course which has 

 been adopted. Fortunately for them, difficulty of communication 

 and the experience of centuries, which showed them what sort of 

 wine could be best produced in the district, brought this about. It 

 is thus that such districts as Bordeaux, Burgundy, Chablis, Sauternes, 

 Champagne, all produce distinct types of wine, and the names of 

 these districts have become famous throughout the civilized world. 

 At the Cape the depreciation of wine was so great that they had to 

 adopt this system, which has so far been attended with most beneficial 

 results. 



Very often the growers do not know what sort of wine it is best 

 for their own interests to produce ; a few of them do not even know 

 bad wine from good. By belonging to a Vinegrowers' Association, 



