Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 October 1894 — THE WINE INDUSTRY. [ARTICLE]

THE WINE INDUSTRY.

Some Figures on the Products of European Vineyards. Viticulture in this country represents only about one-twentieth of the product of France or Italy. France leads In quantity produced, and Italy in area of vineyards. The vintage ol 1874 was the greatest ever known in France, the product exceeding 1,800,000,000 gallons, although fiercely attacked by the phylloxera. The yield declined rapidly, and has not risen to 700,000,000 in many years; yet rose last year to 1,125,000,000 gallons. In 1877, the acreage was 5,860,242; in 1892, only 4,527,500; but last year an increase of about 25,000 acres occurred. There are no vineyards in the northern countries of Europe—the British Isles, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Holland, and Belgium. A recent statistical statement credits Europe with 23,000,000 acres in vineyards, and all other parts of the world with 1,000,000 acres—a very round and doubtless uncertain estimate. The total area of Italian vineyards is placed at 8,666,000 acres. The average production of the past ten years, in millions of gallons, is thus stated: France, 681; Italy, 630; Spain, 562; Austria, Hungary, and Germany, 83; Portugal, 78; Russia, 72; Servia, 60; Bulgaria, 56; Turkey and Cyprus, 45; Roumania, 40; Greece, 31: Switzerland, 22. The larger part of the product of the United States is on the Pacific coast, where alone the European vines will grow. On the Atlantic coast, by far the greater portion of the product comes from the vineyards of Western New York. Advertising to a well-stocked store, like rain to a thirsty plant, enlivens and leaves “silver drops” all around. i