Choice of Brands.
Champagne.—Perhaps the choicest brands of Champagne are Pomméry (dry, supposed to mean less sweet), Giesler (sweet), Veuve Cliquot (sweet), and Roederer (sweet). The best of the cheaper Champagnes are Charles Roederer, Heidsick, Montebello, and Krug.
Claret.—Choicest brands: Châteaux La Rose, Château La Tour, Château Lafitte, or Château Margeaux. Best cheaper brand, St. Julien.
Sauterne.—Best: Château Yquem, La Tour Blanche. Best cheaper, Haut-Sauterne.
Burgundy.—Best brands: Clos Vougeot, Chambertin, Chablis, and Red Hermitage.
Sherry.—Best brand, Amontillado.
Hock.—Best brands: Steinberg Cabinet and Marcobrunner. Best sparkling wine, Hochheimer.
The American dry wines are most excellent, and might be more patronized by those who know no other wine than that of foreign manufacture. The Missouri Catawba and Concord wines are especially good; so are some of the California wines. The Ohio Catawba is quite noted.