Foederal American Monthly Volume 40 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1852 Excerpt: ...American wine made from the Catawba grape in Ohio gives promise to us temperance men 'who have not aigned the paper, ' that the more pleasing remedy of substituting light healthy wines for brandy will save the nation from intemperance. The Catawba wine surprised me, and more particularly the ' Sparkling Catawba.' It had all the aroma of the fruit, and seemed to be a condensed representative of the grape--' a vineyard in a bottle.' It surpassed champagne in quality and flavor, and was void of incipient head-aches. On the production of this wine, my pride as an American rose to the highest pitch, and I trimmed my vineyard with renewed vigor, in anticipation of making my own wines. I have twelve hundred vines, in fine condition, with promise of yielding several tons of grapes this year. But, friend Clark, my enthusiasm has been somewhat damped within the last week. I had heard that Mr. A. F. Glass, proprietor of the Washington House, Chestnut-street, Philadelphia, had imported many kinds of sparkling wines, never before introduced into this country, which were superior to the 'Sparkling Catawba;' and last week I bad an opportunity of tasting these wines. 'How shall I describe them? Can language be found adequate to the task? Spirit of the 'Buck-Bye State' assist me I Mr. Glass produced many sparkling wines, and among others Burgundy, Hock, Johannisburgh, Steinburgh, Moselles, and Schansburgh; each carrying the fruity flavor of the grape from which it is made, and not one head-ache in a dozen bottles. Did you ever taste the ' Muscat-of-AIexandria' grape?--and do you recollect its peculiar aroma and delicious taste? If so, you know its entire superiority to all other grapes. Well, the ' Sparkling Scharzburgh' has the character of this delicious grape just as defi...