VOL. III. 
LOS ANCKLKS, CAL, MARCH, 
WINES OF LOS ANGELES. 
Tin MokeEni.aiioeh Oi'eiution* ■ k Mm n : v 
VlNTNRBS — Los AKOELeB HkiSHV — Prus- 
I'ECHI FOR THE SEASON. 
From tlio San Frnnaiaoo ChrauHtf, 
mHE 'Vines of Los Angeles county have 
I now iissomed surli u prominent j 
tinn in the mints of commerce, that u 
sketch of their origin and progvcs* hoi* |«, 
c’onm iin important clement in tin ind<i»- 
tiin! history of the Shite. Tim Spanish 
Franciscan Fiiufu, who established the 
Mission San Unlit ip I in 1771 . brought. mib 
* hem tile most luscious grape that i* known 
to pomology, a fruit that will over bo rt- 
ineni bored as tlm Mission gnipe Coming 
from a country famous for stm i win.j., it 
was natural that they should bm... with 
thorn llu> vino host adapted to produce tJ>, 
swoot 'vinos of their fntlmilund. The timt 
wines made wm mostly port and 
h’ft, with a small amount of white wine, 
l imy also produced nguadieute and a flu** 
1 111 11 1 1tv of iiriUJily. The idif'-l A lut'Ill'llri 
rafliilonts now living, who ha.I an oppor¬ 
tunity af sampling soiuo of the hinmls o( 
old wine and ui'iindy made at the Mi-- oo. 
in tin cm lv In' proiniunoed Uuqiudit> un- 
Biirpnaxod. Tlii**e flue product' Vn re ill 
SOUIUIllfil "i 11. null i Im a | 1 >'| I* ■ 
I'llMomi'd to Urn II-o of the atl'i.llLT. BWi-et 
wines of Spain oid Portugal. But hIih, 
the immigration from lalilodi - t uth. i 
north lagan to sot 111* iu C’olifoi ma. when 
Ftvnuli, tii rinan nml Yankee immicianlt 
I'oniuiotu' d wine-nuiklng in i nm \ h i i.. 
they saw ill ulliH' that a larger field ("l the 
mile of i Ill'll- Willi * u.c- In mled III .11 thru 
rtll*n ili'.l In th>' llnot" I nninl'.'i of j■ j 
who used sweet woo It i estimat'd 
Hint ninety nine hundr lH s of tU mm 
mini III the world is light wine. In on 
soquoiio#, tho matinfui tore of h ,dit« i " in 
was attempted, and hock, elan t uni in. 
slmrrv began to he made. In tin - attemiii 
it was soon di*oovmvd thol, "hit" Um 
Mission grape iv,u un-oipis-i d f. i poii 
nml angelica, or foi Inn.ilv, eninf'lliing 
else whs lloe» i<iO V for i-hkli t alid oilier 
light, amir wiima, I. vpi rmn nts were made 
nnd careful testa noted of the ihtioieut 
randy. 
n,l 1 ■. 
j kinds and ipialiti. -of wine produced from is ivei'.srat nr i,«,n 
ia large variety of fotvign grape*, Aftar j n .I r ., , Jt n P 
i ,f ’ting over two hnudr* |' varieta-w of „ |' i'i ‘ 
grajms, it has L.-eri found for the upland* ... , |lillt .," r , . ' w 
'of Lp« Angeles rottntv that the Plane 'I** 
Ell», Zinfami. I, Hrru* - 
i del. Black M.dvoisi#, (’has rl.-.s. IWgundv , ’• ' ‘ n 
and Muscat of Ah-vnudria wit iho moat ,, 
profitable wine gin|X*«, Some of | 
v arieima mildew in thu bottom land* where j, 
, the Minion is perfect and Kafr, hut nu the 
warm, mellow uplands they npen emilv, |, 
furnishing cluster* fn>* from unrip* fruit! I 
whnb give* a sharp. irnl twang to the „ 
w ine. Mmst land* run lw* cultivated with j. 
profit with the Uwinn go»[«e, when* Um 
Uieidiiig siul Berg, r would unldtw befor* ,( 
, couinlrte maturity. At Suiiut Slope*, L ned i*u 
1. Ivon. La-, etpcriniented (or nin.t.-n |i,i riB) , 
years with intelligent potioot and cart* Sanov 
for Ihc gripes tint products! the nn*ef and r> . ,| r ' 
best wines for popular use, tdl he i« i n . fa 
aided to about " Kutwka 1“ lli* vaat estate- 3I11 
liahinent now turn* out from BUoe Kilia, 
/.oifandcl aud Ilcrgrr tle>*c 
dl.ition < 
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recited 
y, 
l Unttvl in tK 
Tlo»t are pmnounmt l*v chmhi unm ur«rsptal 
h> th.«e of France anil (lei 
llin r vnitclica ale now bei 
larger quantities than anr "t}ier«. 
•emu the smirt*e of making Lo* St 
famous for light win. s m» 
celeb. ,tid for it* on 
cujtm 
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voivic, ai 
wiin-tnaking is u 
change. The u>«*r* Min 
liato cnlai g.-d and impmi 
facluntig faitliln* wo that 
aod v ! i * ft- 
.m BUv. Zi. fandel, MaJ 
d the Mission The I'uwnc** of 
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prefer t«* uadi their gn»(n« i«th»ir than 
mw* ooafbaami br tl 
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