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European wines will be entirely displaced, inasmuch as these are characterized by qualities of delicacy and breed which cannot be reproduced at will. At the same time, there is no doubt that much of the See also:

WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine produced in the United States is of very See also:

FAIR

fair quality, and this is largely due to the fact that the Americans have been at See also:

GREAT

great pains to introduce the latest scientific methods in regard to the vine and wine-making. Thus in parts of See also:

California, where high temperatures are liable to prevail during the vintage, the See also:

SYSTEM

system—first employed in See also:

Algeria—of cooling the must during See also:

FERMENTATION

fermentation to the proper temperature by means of a See also:

SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of pipes in which iced See also:

WATER

water circulates is now largely employed. The use of pure culture yeast derived from many of the most famous European vineyards has also done much towards improving the quality. In California there are, in addition to the native growths, vines from almost every European wine-growing centre, and the produce of these goes by such names as Riesling, Hermitage, Sauternes, Chianti, &c., in accordance with the See also:

DISTRICT

district of origin of the vine. California is the largest wine-growing See also:

state, as the Pacific slope seems particularly suitable to vine-growing. At the See also:

PRESENT

present time there are about 280,000 acres under the vine in California, and the number of vines is about 90 millions. The See also:

ANNUAL

annual production is about 30 million gallons, of which rather more than one-half is dry wine. A good See also:

DEAL

deal of sweet wine is also made, particularly in the See also:

FRESNO

Fresno district, where, however, a large proportion of the grapes is grown with a view to making raisins.

Following California, New See also:

York and See also:

OHIO

Ohio are the most important wine-producing states. The centre of the wine See also:

trade of Ohio is at See also:

SANDUSKY

Sandusky on the shores of See also:

Lake See also:

ERIE

Erie. Here, as well as at See also:

Cleveland, " champagnes " and " clarets " and " sparkling See also:

CATAWBA

Catawba " are the See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief wines produced. The latter was first made by See also:

Nicolas Longworth of See also:

CINCINNATI

Cincinnati. The Catawba is the chief growth of the Lake Erie district; the other important vines being the See also:

DELAWARE

Delaware and See also:

Concord. New York state, in which wine has been grown from a very See also:

early See also:

period, produces roughly three-quarters of all the domestic " champagnes."' There are about 75,000 acres under the vine in this state, and roughly 5 million gallons are produced annually. The wines grown on the Pacific slope are generally of a mild and sweet See also:

CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character, resembling in See also:

general nature the wines of See also:

SOUTHERN

southern See also:

EUROPE

Europe (See also:

Italy, See also:

Spain, See also:

PORTUGAL

Portugal). In the eastern and See also:

MIDDLE

middle states the wines produced are of a lighter type and of drier flavour, and are somewhat similar to the growths of See also:

Germany and See also:

France.

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