Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 April 1883 — The Wine State. [ARTICLE]

The Wine State.

California is rapidly coming to Ihe front as the great wine-produring country of America. During the year 1881 the vintage was estimated at 9,000,000 gallons, and for 1882 it was supposed to have been between 10,000,000 and 11,000,000 gallons. Considerably more than two-thirds is used at home, while the rest is exported, chiefly to Eastern cities. The effect of the California vintage is certainly felt in France, as within the last two or three years the falling off in the export of champagne wines to the United States has been marked. It is predicted that within ten years a large part of the wine drunk in the United States will be produced *n California.