s"f ? concerned night and day for the making of good Bound wine, stands second to none other. It is true that tho grapes grown near Auckland could stand a little £™ ar ? nd loss acidit y lor wine-making, very little, indeed, and that little can easily bo remedied. On the oth* hand, Australia and South Africa, the grapes there have altogether "too much " sugar, and "not ~« v , ? lt y- This cannot ho so well remedied , as a , our case. (} ™P<» grown in mav Zealand for wine-making should bo amy ripe before being picked, and eleanliZtlS ™ m « should be carefully ob?"«ea. \vo farmers have every confidence !«,.; V* nor , , agato - tUo Government vitieul£l' a d k, - ,ow that ho is doing ">> level ™ ♦ i ° Vinea,,d wine industry but there fnrfn. a /Pike put in tho wheels of this industry, and oue need not go far to find lJ 7 P^ er ' If the vine and wine inUustrv of New - Zealand has anything like Sn "J tho »»ediato future it will ho lound to be one of the most important inistnes in this country; personally. I do mL? r< V two pennyworth of snuff what becomes of the industry, or the "cranks," and cranky laws • made in this country, as I frSL ftVlng - U for other lands - * sh »ll reirain from signing my name to. this letter, as " looks too much like a cheap advertisment. A Farmer. | ' I t
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13846, 4 September 1908, Page 9
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