Occupations > British wine-maker, and domestic brewer

THE BRITISH WINE-MAKER. 3
bilshed a method of preparing, upon scientific
principles, a perfect wine of most excellent qua¬
lity. ”
The reader may well believe, that this enco¬
mium from so highly respectable and scientific a
committee, increased my zeal to make farther ex¬
periments in this interesting manufacture, in order
to endeavour to elucidate what might yet remain
concealed in “ this hitherto conjectural art. ”
Steadily pursuing this object, I have made many
valuable discoveries; and for the reasons before
stated, have been induced to lay before the public
the result of my experience. I am aware, how¬
ever, of the difficulty which meets me at the very
commencement, namely, the prejudice so com¬
monly entertained against home-made wine in
Scotland; and in England, although it is occa¬
sionally present at the tables of the rich as well as
of the middling classes, this prejudice still exists
with the former, but here it is so strong, that this
wine is scarcely tolerated, and where it is, it is
only presented to children. In palliation of this,
it may however be said, that in this country (Scot¬
land) there is another cause for the bad reputa¬
tion home-made wine has obtained. In nearly
nine cases out of ten, the wines are either a per¬
fect syrup, punch, or vinegar, and even at the
very best are only ill-fermented compounds of
spirit, juice, and sugar, which, when used even in