may here be directed to the researches recently made by
Mr W Percy Wilkinson, of the Victorian Government Chemical
Analyst s Laboratory. The first of these ( “ Journal of the Board of
Viticul lire of Victoria,” pp. 81-96, 1892) dealt with the alcoholic
strength Victorian wines, and gave the results of the examination
7 oyer 400 wines grown in Victoria and 181 from other parts of
Anstraha, which had been exhibited a t the Centennial International
Exhibition, Melbourne, 1888-9. I t was shown th a t the average
a coho 10 strength of Australian wines is 12 grammes of absolute
alcohol per 100 cubic centimetres, about 19 ounces of alcohol per
gallon, as compared with the French and German average of 8
grammes per 100 cubic centimetres, 1 2 f ounces alcohol per gallon
I h e second essay (“ Australian Association for the Advancement of
Science, Adelaide, 1893) related to the sugar-strength and acidity of
Victorian musts, 119 samples having been examined. The third
mvetiigation, under the same title as the second (“ Proceedings of
the Royal Society of Victoria,” 1895, pp. 89-118), gave the result
ot the determinations of the acidity and sugar-strength of 196 samples
ot must cffilected from typical vineyards in Victoria. The average
of the 316 samples is given in the following table, along with the
-Trench and German averages :—
Countiy. Specific Gravity,
16°/16° 0.
Sugar Grammes per
100 cubic centimetres.
Free Acids calculated
as Tartaric.
Grammes per 100
cubic centimetres.
Parts of Acid to
100 parts Sugar.
France
Germany
Victoria
1-C83
1-075
1-102
19-1
17-
24-2
-79
-96
-76
4-13
5-65
3-14
Vnn lermeniation ot the 24*2 grammes of sue:ar
per 100 cubic centimetres of Victorian must, the resulting wine wouid
contam 11-7 grammes of alcohol per 100 cubic centimetres, practically
identical with th a t found in the Victorian wines during the first part of
the investigations. Finally, Mr. Wilkinson advises more s y s tL a tic
examinations at vmtage-time by the vignerons themselves, th a t they
may gather the grapes a t some more definite standard year by year
in order th a t uniformity may be approached more closely in sugar and
acids, and conformity to European standards attained.
L e a d in g V i t i c i t m i j r a i , a n d O e n o l o g i c a l P e r io d i c a l s a t
F r e s e n t T im e , t h e i r C o m m e n c e m e n t N o t e d .
France.
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Feuille vinicole de la Gironde. Fol. Bordeaux, 1876.
Kevue de Viticulture. 8vo. Paris, 1894.
La vigne Américaine. 8vo. Macon, 1877.
Le Progrès Agricole et Vitioole. 8vo. M'ontpellier, 1879.
Germany,
Weinbau und Weinhandel. Fol. Mainz, 1882.
Deutsche Wein-Zeitung. Fol. Mainz, 1863.
Weinmarkt. Internationales Weinbau-und Weinhandel-Blatt. 4to,
Trier, 1880.
Austria.
Die Weinlaube. 4to. Wien, 1868.
Allgemeine Wein-Zeitung. Illustrirte Zeitung für Weinbau und
Kellerwirthschaft. Fol. Wien, 1883.
Hungary.
Borászati Lapok. Szolomivelési es Borászati Hetilap. Fol. Budapest,
1867.
Magyar Bortermelök Lapja. Szolomivelési es Borászati szaklap.
F’ol. Budapest, 1895.
Bohemia.
Cesky Vinar. Orgán vinarského pro král. Ceské. 4to. v. Praze,
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Der Böhmische Weinbauer. 4to. Prag, 1882.
Ita ly .
La Viticoltura moderna. 8vo. Catania, 1894.
L ’ Enotecnico, periodico di viticoltura e di enologia dedicato agli
interessi enotecnici. 8vo. Conegliano, 1893.
L ’ Italia Enologica, rassegna dell’ Industria e del Commercio dei
Vini. 8vo. Roma, 1886.
Giornale Vinicolo Italiano. 8vo. Casalmonferrato, 1875.
Spain.
Los vinos y los aceites—Revista de Agricultura en general, y especialmente
del cultivo de la vid y el olivo, y de la fabricación y comercio
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Portugal.
A Vinha Portugueza. Fol. Lisboa, 1886.
Russia.
Wiestnik Winodelia (edgemésiatchnii.) 8vo. St. Petersburg.
England.
The Wine-Trade Review. 4to. London, 1860.
Australia.
The Australian Vigueron and Fruit-growers’ Journal. 4to. Sydney,.
1890.
Switzerland.
Schweizerische W^ein-Zeitung. Fol. Zurich, 1893.
Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Obst- und Weinbau. 8vo Frauenfeld,
1892.