Democratic Sentinel, Volume 1, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 July 1877 — American Wine. [ARTICLE]

American Wine.

The increase in the production of American wine has been very rapid during the last thirty-five years. Thus, in 1840, the total production was 124,734 gallons; in 1850 it was 221,249 gallons; in 1860 it was 1,860,000 gallons, and at present the annual supply is probably at least 20,000.000 gallons. The relative amounts of wine furnished by the different States appear to have changed considerably since 1860. In 1850 the chief production was as follows, in gallons: California 58,055 Missouri 10,5fi3 0hi0..... 48,207 New York 9,172 Pennsylvania 25,590 Kentucky 8,093 Indiana 14,055 Virginia 5,408 North Carolina 11,058 In 1860 it was as follows, in gallons: Ohio 562,640 Illinois 47,090 California 494,516 Connecticut 40,783 Kentucky 179,949 Virginia 40,508 Indiana 88,275; Missouri 27,827 New York 61,404 Pennsylvania....’. .27,646 North Carolina.... 54,004150uth Carolina... .24,964 And at present it is approximately as follows, in gallons: California 5,000,000 [Missouri 2,500,000 Onio 3,500,000 'lllinois 2,500,000 New York 3,000 000 i Pennsylvania .. .2,000,090 10wa... 400,0001 Kentucky 300,000 In tiie States east of the Rocky mountains the amount of wine, made from the various kinds of grapes is about as follows in gallons: Catu Whu 6,000,0001 Delaware 1,000,000 Concord 7,000,000 Clinton 1,000,000 Norton’s Virginia!,ooo,ooo Isabella 500,000 Ives 400,000|llerbeniont . ... 300,000 The total annual value of the w r ine and other products obtained from grapes in this country is more than twenty-two millions of dollars.