Chapter XV. What to Pay for Wines
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This section is from the "A Bachelor's Cupboard" book, by John W. Luce.
Chapter XV. What to Pay for Wines
The cost of wines is an important factor in entertaining. Many a man is forced to entertain friends of expensive tastes on the proverbial " champagne taste and beer income " plan. A person who wishes for any reason to economize may substitute, in almost every case, California or other American wines, which cost far less than imported. In fact, I have known a man who called himself a connoisseur of wines to be deceived by Cook's Imperial Extra Dry to such an extent that he acknowledged it to be quite as good as Mumm's when told the difference.
Prices are given here by the case of one dozen bottles, as in ordering wines for home use most people buy in dozen lots. The price per bottle at a restaurant will not vary greatly from the list prices, which are taken from one of the largest importing houses in America.
Champagnes.
dozen
Pommery sec (dry)........................$31-50
London Pommery, 1893..................... 48.00
Vin Nature, brut........................... 31.50
Veuve Cliquot dry, Gold Label.............. 31-50
London Special, ditto....................... 35-oo
Heidsieck Dry Monopole Extra.............. 30.00
Pol Roger Brut Special..................... 35.00
Baron R de Luze Dry Comet................ 25.00
Perrier Jouet dry creaming.................. 30.00
Runiart P. et Fils........................... 32.10
Piper Heidsieck, extra brut.................. 36.00
G. H. Mumm.............................. 32.00
American Bee Hive dry.................... 15.00
Cook's Imperial extra dry.................. 13.00
Great Western extra dry................... 12.00
Burgundies.
Pommard red burgundy (sparkling)........$24.00
Leiden's medium Hock......................21.00
Chauvenet's White Cap.................... 27.00
Ditto Red Cap............................ 27.00
Ditto White Cap........................... 27.00
Bee Hive Burgundy........................ 5.00
Sherries.
Amontillado, very pale and dry............$30.00
Centennial Medal ......................... 25.00
Oloroso, many years in wood................ 17-50
Generoso, pale ............................ 10.00
Manzanilla Pasada ........................ 14.00
Champagnes. | |
DOZEN | |
Pommery sec (dry) ............................... | .......$31-50 |
London Pommery, 1893.............. | .................48.00 |
Vin Nature, brut.................... | ....... 31.50 |
Veuve Cliquot dry, Gold Label .................................... | ....... 31.50 |
London Special, ditto ................................................. | ....... 35.00 |
Heidsieck Dry Monopole Extra .............................. | ..................30.00 |
Pol Roger Brut Special ........................................ | ....... 35.00 |
Baron de Luze Dry Cornet .............................. | ...................25.00 |
Perrier Jouet dry creaming ................................. | ....... 30.00 |
Runiart P. et Fils.................... | ....... 32.10 |
Piper Heidsieck, extra brut ..................................... | ..................36.00 |
G. H. Mumm....................... | ....... 32.00 |
American Bee Hive dry ....................................... | ...................15.00 |
Cook's Imperial extra dry ........................................ | ...................13.00 |
Great Western extra dry ........................................ | ....................12.00 |
Burgundies. | |
Pommard red burgundy (sparkling).... | ............$24.00 |
Leiden's medium Hock ......................................................... | .............21.00 |
Chauvenet's White Cap ........................................................ | ............27.00 |
Ditto Red Cap........................ | .... 27.00 |
Ditto White Cap....................... | .... 27.00 |
Bee Hive Burgundy ............................................................. | ..... 5.00 |
Sherries. | |
Amontillado, very pale and dry .................................. | .................$30.00 |
Centennial Medal ................... | ...... 25.00 |
Oloroso, many years in wood ......................................... | ...... 17.50 |
Generoso, pale ...................... | ...... 10.00 |
Manzanilla Pasada ....................................................... | ...................14.00 |
DOZEN | |
Picarillo ....................... | . $12.00 |
Bee Hive ....................... | 4.5O |
A De Luze et Fils Clarets. | |
Chateau Margaux, 1877 ....................... | $42.00 |
Chateau Lafite, 1898 ............................ | 17.00 |
Chateau Larose .................................... | 15.00 |
Chateau Paveil .................................... | 9.50 |
S. S. P. Medoc in wood..................... | 5.50 |
St. Julien .......................................... | 4.50 |
St. Estephe ....................................... | 5.00 |
Bee Hive Claret .............................. | 5.00 |
Sunset Claret ................................. | 4.00 |
Sauternes. | |
Chateau Yquem ............................ | $26.00 |
Chateau Latour Blanche .............. | 19.00 |
Haute Sauterne, 1878 .................. | 15.50 |
Barsac ........................................ | 8.00 |
Bee Hive ................................. | 5.00 |
Sunset Sauterne ........................ | 4.25 |
Burgundies. | |
Clos de Vougeot, 1874 ........................ | $47.00 |
Chambertin, 1885 .................................. | 27.00 |
Chablis (white) 1893 ........................... | 10.00 |
White Cap ultra sec sparkling ............ | 27.00 |
Red Cap sparkling ............................ | 27.00 |
Pink Cap Oeil de Perdix sparkling ...... | 27.00 |
Bouchard's Chambertin ...................... | 26.50 |
Chablis, 2 doz. pints ........................... | 11.50 |
Leiden's Hoch. | |
Johannisberger Cabinet yellow seal ..................... | $24.00 |
Rudesheimer ...................................................... | . 14.00 |
Niersteiner ......................................................... | 10.00 |
Bodenheimer ..................................................... | . 8.00 |
DOZEN | |
Sparkling Hoch .................................... | .$21.00 |
Bee Hive Hoch .................................... | |
Moselle. | |
Berncasteler Doktor .......................... | $17.00 |
Zeltinger ............................................ | 9.00 |
Brauneberger ...................................... | 7.75 |
Sparkling Moselle ............................... | 21.00 |
Italian. | |
Chianti ............................................... | .$ 6.50 |
Port Wines. | |
Old London Dock, 27 years in wood ................... | .25.00 |
Vintage 1887 ............................. | .30.00 |
"Old White" Port......................... | 12.50 |
Tarragona ..................................... | . 7.50 |
California ..................................... | 4,50 |
Madeiras. | |
Lord Nelson .............................. | $60.00 |
Duke of Wellington ................. | . 40.00 |
Old South Side............................. | 15.00 |
Woodhouse Marsala ................. | 8.00 |
Tokays (Hungarian). | |
Tokayer Imperial, 1866 ....................... | $30.00 |
Tokayer Cabinet, 1868 ......................... | 20.00 |
Tokayer Ausbruch dry ......................... | 15.00 |
Riesling Ausbruch, American ............ | 12.00 |
Bee Hive ........................................... | 4.50 |
In cordials there is great variety. These after-dinner liqueurs that warm our hearts, even to our enemies, come from many lands, and are made from various fruits of the earth.
Of all liqueurs, brandy or eau de vie is the foundation, various ingredients coloring and flavoring it to suit the taste. Some of the additions have the merit of being great aids to the digestion, as well as being pleasant to the palate. Especially is this true of crème de men the, which is King of the Mint family. Dr.
S - , a young Professor of Pathology in the Harvard
Medical School, has a particular fondness for this cordial, which several years of university life in Europe has only served to strengthen. One day, dropping into Martin's in New York for dinner, he ordered the usual liqueur after his coffee. The doctor is an absent-minded man, and was deep in a reverie when the waiter interrupted:
" Plain or frappée, sir? "
" Let me think," mused the doctor, resting his chin in his hand and gazing reflectively into space.
" Frappée means with ice, sir," volunteered the waiter kindly, thinking this silence only the result of unfamiliarity with the French language. He had it frappéed.
Benedictine is equally good for digestion, and Maraschino is not to be despised. Do you know, by the way, that the latter is made from cherries and their pits? The secrets of the cloisters of the Trappist, Benedictine, and Carthusian monasteries would make interesting reading on the question of liqueurs, the monks possessing secrets that have been handed down for centuries.
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