THE VINEYARDS OF THE WEST. 4§P 



toot fee natm^]J2fi|ipB of the fqreign grape. 5e advjertised for p^- 

 tiye grapes of any and every sort, planted all ^.nd testeci all ; and ^ 

 last, he too" has come to the conclusion that t|ie patawba is the 

 wine grape of America. i 



" Wh,at sort of wine does the Cfitawba mak§ ?" inquires some 

 of our readers, who Jike nothing but Madeira and Sherry ; " and 

 what do you thint >vill be the moral effect of making sin abu,ndani^ , 

 pf cheap v/me ?" asks some ultra temperance ^ignd ^nd re^er. 

 We will try to answer both these questions. 



The natural wine ^hich the Cawtaba niakcis is a genuine hock — 

 a yine so much like the ordinary wines of the Rhine, -that we coijl^ 

 pjjt three of the former bottles among a dozen gf the latter, ^§l 

 it would puzzle the nicest connoisseur to select them by either cplor 

 or flavor. In other words, the Catawba wine (made as it is on thg 

 Qhjo, made without adding either alcohol pr sugar) is a pleasant 

 light.' hock, — a little stronger than Rhine winCj but still far lighter 

 and purer |han nineteen-twentieths of the wines that find their way 

 tp this country. Its subacid flavor renders it especially grateful, a^ 

 a summer drink, in so hot a climate as ours ; and the whplespjpe- 

 nesspf the i^.hine wine no one will -deny.* Indeed, certain niaJ#- 

 dies, troublesome enough in other lands, are never known in hocjk 

 ippuntries ; and though the taste for hock — like that for tomatoes — 

 is an acquij'ecl one, it is none the less^ natural for that ; any mote 

 |han walking is, which, so far as our observation goes, is not one of 

 ,th%.things w0 come into the world with, like seeing and hearing. 



As to the temperance view of this matter- of wine-making, we 

 think a very little familiarity with the state of the casewiU settle 

 this point. Indeed, we are inclined to adopt the views of Dr. Flagg, 

 of Cincinnati. " The temperance cause, is rapidly preparing public 

 sentiment for the introduction of pure American wine. - So long as 

 public taste remains vitiated by the use of,malt and alcoholic drinks, 

 it. will be impossible to introduce light pileasant wine, except to a 

 very limited extent; but just in proportion as strong, drinks are 

 abandoned, a more whplesprae one will be substituted. Instead of 



* Mr. Lopgworth is now nigkipg large quantities of sparkling Catawba 

 yfine, of excellent quality — ^perhaps more nearly resembling sparkling hoek 

 than Champagne. 



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