1899 The Mixicologist by C F Lawlor

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the mixicologist.

Moselle Wines.

I wish to direct attention to these wines. I think that they are not appreciated as highly as they should be here. They are light and less rich than the Rhine wines,and very wholesome. For drinking with oysters and all sorts of fish there are none finer. The wines produced on the banks of the Moselle were famous before those of the Rhine had gained celebrity. Those which are most celebrated are grown on the lower Moselle, between Treves and Coblentz. Moselle is a very bright wine, and should have a greenish yellow color, with muscatel flavor, and peculiarly pleasant aroma. It is regarded as one of the most wholesome of wines, for, being cool and dry, it refreshes without un duly heating the system. Sparkling Moselle has of late years come very much into favor. Wines of Caufoenia.—The fact that California now produces over one half of the wine consumed in the United States is evidence of the rapid stride this young state is making in viticulture. The errors that have been made in the past by growers have naturally re sulted in good, and ambitious viticulturists, profiting by such experience, are coming forward with wines which, while distinctly Galifornian, are destined to become known among connoisseurs and recognized as high types of a new class. To those who are unacquainted with this progress of the past few years we will show wines of high quality, particularly ofthe dry wines from the northern part of he state, some of which suggest the finer red wines of