Table V
| Variety of Wine. | Name of Contributor. | Locality | Vintage. | Color of Wine. | Alcohol vol. per ct. | Acid as tartaric. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mission, just ripe | Dr. J. Strentze | Martinez | 1880 | White | 10.0 | .5370 |
| ““ “ | “ | “ | “ | Red | 8.5 | .5400 |
| “ fully “ | “ | “ | “ | White | 12.8 | .3490 |
| ““ “ | “ | “ | “ | Red | 13.3 | .3300 |
| “ | George West | Stockton | 1881 | White | 11.9 | .6690 |
| “ | “ | “ | “ | Red | 12.6 | .5590 |
| “ | Prof. G. Husman | Napa? | “ | White | 13.0 | .4297 |
| “ | I. De Turk | Santa Rosa | 1880 | “ | 11.9 | .3900 |
| “ | “ | “ | 1881 | “ | 13.1 | .4500 |
| “ | Chas. Lefranc | San Jose | “ | Red | 12.0 | .4245 |
| “ | J. De Barth Shorb | San Gabriel | 1873 | White | 15.2 | .7395 |
| “ | “ | “ | 1881 | “ | 12.4 | .4897 |
| “ | I. De Turk | Santa Rosa | 1878 | “ | 12.0 | .5347 |
| Black Prince | George West | Stockton | 1881 | “ | 14.9 | .7020 |
| ““ | “ | “ | “ | Red | 15.2 | .6450 |
| Malvoisie (Malvasia?) | Chas. Krug | St. Helena | 1880 | White | 16.7 | .4270 |
| “ | “ | “ | “ | Red | 14.5 | .2460 |
| “ | R. Hasty | Clayton | “ | “ | 13.8 | ... |
| “ | G. Husman | Napa? | 1881 | White | 14.0 | .4635 |
| “ | “ | Napa? | “ | Red | 13.5 | .5430 |
| “ | T. F. Eisen | Fresno | 1878 | White | 13.7 | .6622 |
| “ | “ | “ | 1880 | “ | 17.2 | .5197 |
| Zinfandel | Chas. Krug | St. Helena | “ | “ | 12.6 | .6000 |
| “ | “ | “ | “ | Red | 12.9 | .3900 |
| “ | Geo. West | Stockton | 1881 | White | 14.1 | .4200 |
| “ | “ | “ | “ | Red | 14.3 | .4370 |
| “ | Gundlach & Co. | Sacramento | ... | “ | 11.9 | .6750 |
| “ | I. De Turk | Santa Rosa | 1879 | “ | 13.4 | .6495 |
| “ | “ | “ | 1881 | “ | 13.2 | .6750 |
| “ | G. Husman | Napa? | “ | “ | 13.2 | .4777 |
| “ | I. De Turk | Santa Rosa | 1880 | “ | 12.7 | .6900 |
| Variety of Wine. | Name of Contributor. | Locality | Vintage. | Color of Wine. | Alcohol vol. per ct. | Acid as tartaric. |
| Zinfandel | B. Dreyfus & Co. | Red | 12.4 | .7170 | ||
| Charbono | General Naglee | San Jose | 1880 | White | 8.1 | .4750 |
| “ | “ | “ | “ | Red | 6.5 | .4420 |
| “ | J. T. Doyle | Santa Clara Co.? | “ | 12.5 | .4320 | |
| Mataro | Chas. Lefranc | San Jose | 1880 | White | 14.1 | .4245 |
| “ | “ | “ | “ | Red | 12.4 | .5250 |
| Grenache | “ | “ | 1876 | “ | 11.6 | .7920 |
| “ | “ | “ | 1881 | “ | 12.5 | .3450 |
| California Burgundy | “ | “ | “ | 10.8 | .7500 | |
| Lenoir | H. W. Crabb | Oakville | 1881 | “ | 11.1 | .8070 |
| “ | “ | “ | “ | “ | 11.9 | .5145 |
| Chasselas | J. Gundlach | Sonoma | “ | White | 13.5 | .6337 |
| “ | “ | “ | “ | with skins | 11.7 | .6495 |
| “ | Dresel & Co. | “ | White | 13.5 | .3375 | |
| Rose Chasselas | G. Husman | Napa? | 1881 | “ | 12.0 | .3720 |
| Golden Chasselas | Chas. Krug | St. Helena | “ | with skins | 12.4 | .5925 |
| Riesling | Dresel & Co. | Sonoma | White | 12.5 | .6180 | |
| “ | B. Dreyfus & Co. | “ | 12.9 | .6750 | ||
| “ | J. De Barth Shorb | San Gabriel | 1880 | “ | 13.6 | .8325 |
| “ | Kramp & Bro. | Diamond Springs | “ | “ | 12.6 | .7522 |
| Blanc Elba (Elbling?) | J.De Barth Shorb | San Gabriel | 1881 | “ | 13.1 | .6825 |
| Feher Szagos | G. Eisen | Fresno | “ | “ | 10.6 | .5625 |
| “ | “ | “ | “ | with skins | 10.2 | .5250 |
| Prolific | Geo. West | Stockton | “ | White | 14.5 | .6750 |
| “ | “ | “ | “ | with skins | 15.6 | .5347 |
| Sauvignon Vert | Chas. Lefranc | San Jose | 1875 | White | 13.3 | .6187 |
| Burger | Chas. Krug | St. Helena | 1880 | “ | 9.0 | .5620 |
| “ | “ | “ | “ | with skins | 9.2 | .5250 |
| “ | R. Hasty | Clayton | “ | White | 11.5 | ... |
| Elvira | H. W. Crabb | Oakville | 1881 | “ | 11.9 | .5145 |
| “ | Kramp & Bro. | Diamond Springs | 1880 | “ | 14.1 | .5475 |
| Variety of Wine. | Name of Contributor. | Locality | Vintage. | Color of Wine. | Alcohol vol. per ct. | Acid as tartaric. |
| Malaga | T. F. Eisen | Fresno | 1877 | White | 14.6 | .6525 |
| “ | “ | “ | 1881 | “ | 17.9 | .2175 |
| Madeira | B. Dreyfus & Co. | “ | “ | 18.2 | ... | |
| Muscat | I. De Turk | Santa Rosa | “ | “ | 11.5 | .5775 |
| “ | T. F. Eisen | Fresno | 1876 | “ | 16.7 | .5325 |
| “ | “ | “ | 1881 | “ | 17.2 | .2250 |
| Port, Zinfandel | “ | “ | “ | Red | 18.4 | .3450 |
| ““ | “ | “ | 1878 | “ | 21.0 | .4957 |
| Port | J. De Parth Shorb | San Gabriel | 1875 | “ | 22.1 | .3525 |
| “ | “ | “ | 1881 | “ | 22.9 | .2048 |
| Port, Tienturier | T. F. Eisen | Fresno | “ | “ | 18.8 | .3975 |
| Angelica | J. De Barth Shorb | San Gabriel | 1875 | White | 18.3 | .3825 |
| “ | “ | “ | 1881 | “ | 21.8 | .1448 |
| Sherry (Feher Szagos) | T. F. Eisen | Fresno | 1877 | “ | 18.8 | .3600 |
| “““ dry | “ | “ | 1878 | “ | 16.1 | .5550 |
Where the name of the locality is followed by (?), it was omitted from the report.
Averages.—In thirteen Mission wines:
Alcohol—maximum, 15.2; minimum, 8.5; average, 12.2.
Acid—maximum,.7395; minimum,.3300; average,.4955.
In seven Malvoisie wines:
Alcohol—maximum, 17.2; minimum, 13.5; average, 14.77.
Acid in six—maximum,.6622; minimum,.2460; average,.4769.
In ten Zinfandel wines:
Alcohol—maximum, 14.3; minimum, 11.9; average, 13.07.
Acid—maximum,.7170; minimum,.3900; average,.5731.
In four Riesling wines:
Alcohol—maximum, 13.6; minimum, 12.5; average, 12.6.
Acid—maximum,.8325; minimum,.6180; average,.7194.
In four Port wines, including two Zinfandel:
Alcohol—maximum, 22.9; minimum, 18.4; average, 21.1.
Acid—maximum,.4057; minimum,.2048; average,.3270.
Footnotes
1 Pasteur, in his Studies on Beer, says that the reason has not yet been discovered, but that he has no doubt that it may be attributed, principally, to the fact that the interstices between the grapes, and the spaces which the bunch leaves throughout, considerably increase the volume of air placed at the service of the germs of ferment.
2 Ferment cells, however, occur in considerable numbers in the neighborhood of places where alcoholic fermentation is carried on, and the germs, perhaps, may be found in the atmosphere near a vineyard, and in those cases the ferments and their germs may be borne about to some extent by the wind.
3 Machard says about 125 grammes to a tonneau, or 4 or 5 ounces to 250 gallons of wine.
4 It must be remembered that he is writing for the cold climate of the Jura, where the grapes do not naturally acquire that degree of maturity necessary for sweet wines.
5 Fermenting house.
6 A pipe is 138 wine gallons, or 115 Imperial.
7 Tuns.
8 It will be noticed that Dr. Bleasdale says that the treading is repeated during active fermentation. Probably different practices prevail in different localities.
9 About 4¾ to 9½ per cent—say 5 to 10.
10 4.35 per cent.
11 Vizitelli says the arrope is mixed with nine parts of must, and fermented to make the color, but the other authors say “white wine,” instead of “must.”
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