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Encourage
the
American
Wine
I
ndustry
BY
CHEVALIER
ANDREA
SBARBORO
Secy.
Italian-Swiss
Colony
San
Francisco,
Cal.
Wine
lias
been
a
healthy,
invigorating,
1ns-
cions
fyeverage,
according
to
the
Olcl
Testament,
almost
since
the
conimencement
of
the
world.
In
every
land
on
earth
which
was
blessed
by
the
rays
of
the
sun
and
with
the
quality
of
soil
to
produce
grapes
for
wine
making,
the
grapes
were
eagerty
crushed
by
the
people
by
tramping
the
juice
out
of
thein,
and,
after
proper
fermentation,
were
served
at table
and
nsed
especially
on
festive
occasions.
In
the
times
of
Pliny
wine
making
had
been
so
perfected
that
the
Eomans
regarded
the
wine
of
Italy
as
the
best
in
the
world.
Horace
said
"that
wine,
luscious
and
pure,
was
a
drink
fit
for
the
gods."
In
later
years
the
district
of
Chianti
produced
the
choicest
wine
of
Italy.
Many
believed
that
it
was
prin-
cipally
from
the
inspiration
of
wine
that
the
greatest
men
of
the
world
obtained
their
genius.
In
modem
times
wine
has
become
not
only
a
luxury,
but
a
necessity
as
a
beverage
at
table,
and
is
universally
nsed
by
fam-
ilies
in
every
civilized
conntry
of
the
world.
Wine
is
nutritious,
as
well
as
refreshing,
and
the
peasant
of
Italy,
with
a
chnnk
of
bread,
a
pièce
of
cheese
and
a
flask
of
wine,
can
live
happily,
perform
arduous
labors
ail
day,
and
retain
perfect
health.
Another
of
the
great
advantages
of
the
use
of
wine
is
that
it
is
condncive
to
sobriety.
It
is
a
well-known
fact
that
in
every
country
of
the
world
where
wine
is
produced
in
large
quanti
ties
and
used
by
the
mass
of
the
people,
drunkenness
is
almost
un-
known.
It
is
only
practically
in
the
last
fifty
years
that
many
of
the
States
of
the
Union
have
been
discovered
to
produce
wine
grapes
in
abundance.
Good,
palatable
Aviné
is
now
made
in
the
States
of
New
York,
Virginia,
Ohio,
Missouri,
New
Jersey
and
other
States,
but
California,
on
account
of
its
long
sunny
days
and
adapted
soil,
is
known
as
the
"Land
of
the
Vine,"
and
has
been
found
to
produce
the
Vitae
Vinifera,
the
true
wine
grape,
to
the
same
perfection
as
it
is
grown
in
France,
Italy
and
the
Ehein.
The
vines
of
the
much-praised
grape
grown
in
the
dis-
trict
of
Chianti,
Italy,
were
transported
by
the
Italian-Swiss
Colony
thirty
years
ago
to
their
large
vineyard
at
Asti,
Sonoma