New Zealand Wines

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1563, 23 November 1885, Page 4

New Zealand Wines

Itfs' s an old .ancl., good saying that " jroocLvdnß Jneeds ml bjisli ,!Lj>ui Jeven good ,w\Deß.niu?t .lie kno.tou £o be appreciat^dV 1 J A/gtea^vdeat is ' 4 often'f said about Adelaide and Australian." wines l generafly, wfiTle^ne^Vßpaperß^B*re""Bileßt ' about a'-vinfejardatoufo.wn doors as it •were/fyinctj has; bfeaiteni Australian wines on their q jvh grounds- vi?!i, at " the ; :Mel ■ bourne' Exhibition, arid has also ' beaten - All comers at Cliristchiircb, and more recently .at the „ New Zealand . Induati' ial. Exhibition* just closed, gaining .', prize medals<at :MW 'three expositions. We? allude to the Ganonger Vineyard- of Wanganni, of the product of which that districfc-inay'frell $c" 'b'rou'd/ f The' prof prietor- Mr'Jos'eph; Soler, has gradually extend«sd his operations' from a somewhafejaiinall'ib.egiuingi till .now he pro-, duces -Vin'es q^- all descriptions,; and all of a qunatity which wouldjfor purity and excellence, " mai ntain -a high position amorfgst the products of the ' 'best virie^ yardiin Eujopei In dririkiug Mr Soleras wines 'those- who use them. knd\y' v they are drinking the. juice of 'thf* gri»pe', r; while m; drinking imported wines Jt io questionable ysrhether,, tiiat, wb' jch . one drinlcs ever had^tho -B.u;spicion; o£ a;gr : ape ; near it. We once had the pleasure of going through the Cabonger Vineyard whenjthe grapes w,ere ripe and £he hospitable i proprietor^madeus t<Jßte'oE every rariety of the delicious fruit. We were itwi^bfeTe^diiy'beKeVeflVTiothingrdath, and we finished onrvisitby drinkjngLqur host's healthianl* choice champagne of his ownlmaiiiif actorfi'.; It is only of late that Mr Soler has commenced to bring his Winei prcmitientry before the public outside of Wanganui, but wherever, they have becotnei'fJcjQpwiaVitljqy, have been highly^spoWen of . Their price is j rooderafe, ijeb alßorled^cWe is-"q\iote<^at 3Q 3 _clfcaplensu^i iifSrinll- cohspi|nce ! — andweSaV rebomriiißH 3 d th^Se cases to" those DSi^ng .wjpes .a^. being .cp.mppsed, of favoante wines of very iSne qiialiityj atfd those pnrc|iaßing for "Ch^istmaß '"cqnlrl b »'t do betWiitiah se^n'dan qfaer to J Mr! S 'ler of Wanganui.rr-WMliington Evening T?rm. .. . '„'■ •:■■■'■ "*-. , /