Life and liberty in America; . wines,had the fortune to discover this excellent old man, good sol-dier, and skillful vintager. Soon after his arrival he wasplaced in the responsible position of chief wine-maker and su-perintendent under Mr. Longworth. Under tlie guidance ofthis venerable gentleman—Mr. Christian Schnicke—we trav-ersed the vineyards, learned the dithculties he had surmount-ed and yet hoped to surmount; the varieties of gi-ape onwhich he had made experiments; the names of the wines hehad succeeded in producing, and the number of acres that,year after year, he brought under cultiv
Life and liberty in America; . wines,had the fortune to discover this excellent old man, good sol-dier, and skillful vintager. Soon after his arrival he wasplaced in the responsible position of chief wine-maker and su-perintendent under Mr. Longworth. Under tlie guidance ofthis venerable gentleman—Mr. Christian Schnicke—we trav-ersed the vineyards, learned the dithculties he had surmount-ed and yet hoped to surmount; the varieties of gi-ape onwhich he had made experiments; the names of the wines hehad succeeded in producing, and the number of acres that,year after year, he brought under cultivation. We ended byrepairing to his domicil, on the crown of the hill, where heset before us bread and cheese, and a whole constellation ofnative wines. Among others were Dry Catawba and Spark-ling Catawba, both excellent; a not very palatable wine pro-duced from grapes imported from the Cape of Good Hope;and two other wines almost equal to Catawba itself—one fromthe grape called the Isabella, rosy-red as the morning, and. the queen city of the west. 137 sparkling as the laughtei* of a child; the other a dry wine,of a pale amber color, clear, odoriferous, and of most delicateflavor, and almost equal to Johannisberger. This wine, itappeared, had not arrived at the honors of a name; was notknown to commerce; and was simply designated by as the wine of the Minor Seedling grape. As soexcellent a beverage could not .remain forever without a name,it received one on this occasion in the manner recorded byColonel Fuller in the following extract from a letter to theNew Orleans Picayune : On visiting Mr. Longworths vine-yard in the neighborhood of Cincinnati, vineyards which yieldfrom six to seven hundred gallons to the acre, we found theboss to be an old soldier of Napoleon the Great, and as de-voted to the memory of the emperor as he is enthusiastic inthe culture of the vine. Producing a very choice brand ofthe color of amber, and with a bouquet that filled the room,ca
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