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Identifier: pwsr3861897241897sanfrich (find matches)
Title: Pacific wine and spirit review
Year: 1897 (1890s)
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Subjects: Viticulture Wine and wine making
Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : (s.n.)
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: The Wine Librarians Association

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wineson tap without spoiling. For particulars address Q, thisoffice. Subscribe for the Pacific Wine & Spirit Review—fL 50 a year. f/ieifie WIJ^E ;»JMB Sfll^lT (REVIEW 21 Owners and Handlers of its own Brandsand Also the Weil-Known . . . .Brands of ^^—^ NAPA VALLEY WINE CO.KOHLER &, VAN BERGENKOHLER & FROHLING^^^I^B. DREYFUS & CO. S. LACHMAN CO. C. CARRY & CO.
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m AUGUST 10, 18Q4. 22 f/rSlfie Wl/^E /c/^D Sflf^lT f^EVIEW. Wine Procliiction of France. The stiitonieut was uindo in a report seut to the Depart-ment of State, datoil July 24, 1805, bv C. \V. Clianeollor, Con-sul at Havre, that luueli of the so-callotl wine made in Francewas perfectly innocent of any acijuaintanoe with the i)r()duetof the vineyard. It was allej^ed that lo.OOO casks of winehad recently been destroyed by the municipal lal)iiratory ofParis, the olHeial inspection having failed to reveul a drop ofgrape juice; the constituents, it was said, were water, alcohol,sulphate of gypsum, j^lycerin, salts of potash, and berries forcoloring. Consul Chancellor further stated that immensequantities of sugar were used for mixing with the wines(amouutiug in France in 1887 to 3(5,000 tons) and the deficit inproduction caused by the ravages of the phylloxera had beensupplied by making wine from raisins, currants and the lees ofthe wine i)ress. This report was published iu Consular /?e/JO

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