Earliest Efforts at Wine-Making in America-- Failures to
Acclimatise European Vines-- Wines Made by the Swiss Settlers
and the Mission Fathers-- The Yield of the Mission Vineyards--
The Monster Vine of the Montecito Valley-- The Catawba Vine and
its General Cultivation-- Mr. Longworth one of the Founders of
American Viticulture-- Fresh Attempts to make Sparkling Wine at
Cincinnati-- Existing Sparkling Wine Manufactures there--
Longfellow's Song in Praise of Catawba-- The Kelley Island Wine
Company-- Vintaging and Treatment of their Sparkling Wines--
Decrease of Consumption-- The Vineyards of Hammondsport--
Varieties of Grapes used for Sparkling Wines-- The Vintage--
After Treatment of the Wines-- The Pleasant Valley and Urbana
Wine Companies and their Various Brands-- Californian Sparkling
Wines-- The Buena Vista Vinicultural Society of San Francisco--
Its Early Failures and Eventual Success in Manufacturing
Sparkling Wines-- The Vintage in California-- Chinese
Vintagers-- How the Wine is Made-- American Spurious Sparkling
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