W

Wabaschwein , 132 , 134

Wabash River, 130 , 131 , 133 , 174

Wagele, Conrad, 339

Wagner, Philip, xvii , 221

American Wines and Wine-Making , 194 , 215 ;

A Wine-Grower's Guide . 143 , 211

Wahtoke Winery, Calif., 356

Wait, Frona Eunice, Wines and Vines of California , 484 n33

War of 1812, 122

War of the Spanish Succession, 103

Warder, Dr. John Aston, 160 , 165 , 399

Warfield, Kate, 337

Waring, Benjamin, 150 -51

Warm Springs, Calif., 322 , 324

Warner, Col. J. J., 484 n23

Washington, George, 82 , 93 , 218 ;

plants grapes at Mount Vernon, 81 ;

and subscription to loan for Pound, 69 ;

and subscription to loan for Mazzei's company, 79 ;

supports wine-making competition, 69 ;

visits Legaux, 109

Washington (state), 369 , 420 -22

Washington, D.C., Adlum in, 107 , 141 ;

government vineyard in, 92

Washington, Mo., 175 , 179

Washington Colony, Calif., 318

Washington Temperance Society, 429

Washingtonville, N.Y., 194

Wassaic, N.Y., 333

Wasserzeiher, Otto, 397

Waterloo, Battle of, 135 , 136

Watkins, E. L., 304

Watkins Glen, N.Y., 388

Watlington-Linares, Francisco, "The First American Wine," xvi

Watson Vineyard, Calif., 326

Wayne, N.Y., 197

Webb, Samuel, 155

Weber, John F., collects grapes in eastern U.S., 219 -20

Weber (of N.Y.), 197

Webster Groves, Mo., 390

Wehner, William, Winery, Calif., 488 n11

Wehrle, Andrew, 380

Weimar, Tex., 407

Weir, Robert E., 155

Welch, Dr. Charles E., promotes grape juice, 388 -89

Welch, Dr. Thomas, invents grape juice, 385 -88, 390

Welch's Grape Juice Company, 388

Weller, John H., 223 ;

and scuppernong wine, 211

Weller, Sidney, 223 , 415

Wente Brothers, 316

Werder, H., 290

Werk, Michael, 167 , 378 , 380

Werk, M. & Co., 167

Wesley, John:

on Georgia grapes, 45 , 46 ;

on drink, 426

Wesley, Samuel, verses of on Georgia, 45 -46

West, George, 265 , 312 , 342

West, Joseph, 35

West, William, 265

West Point, N.Y., 194

West Virginia, 420

Western Horticultural Review , 168

Westfield, N.Y., 388 , 389

Wetmore, Charles, 282 , 312 , 321 , 348 , 355 ;

active as viticultural commissioner, 350 ;

on California varietal selection, 347 ;

conflict of with Hilgard, 351 ;

and Cresta Blanca, 350 ;

publishes ampelography, 345

Wetmore, Clarence, 350

Weyl, Henry, 339

Weyse, Julius, 252

Wheeler, John H., 344 , 358

Wheeling, W. Va., 173 , 500 n70

Whiskey, 426 , 429 ;

Americans prefer to adulterated wine, 297 , 298 ;

Pennsylvania rye, 130

White, Michael, 299

White Elk Vineyards, Iowa, 396

White Top Winery, N.Y., 376

Whiteville, N.C., 416

Widmer, Jacob, 375

Widmer's Winery, N.Y., 206

Wiederkehr Winery, Ark., 404

Wiedersprecher (of Mo.), 177

Wilder, Marshall P.:

as president of Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 217 ;

on Rogers's hybrids, 207

Willard, Frances, 433

Willebrandt, Mabel Walker, 437

William III (king of England), 101

William and Mary, College of, 73

Williams, Edward: Virginia Richly and Truly Valued 22;

Virginia's Discovery of Silk-Worms , 23

Williams, H. C., explores southwest for grapes, 219 , 236

Williamsburg, Va., 69 ;

Estave's vineyard at, 71 , 81 , 153

Wilmington, Del., 300

Wilmington, N.C., 223 , 416

Wilson, Benjamin D., 252 , 294 , 308 , 321 , 341 ;

and winegrowing in San Gabriel Valley, 294 -301

Wilson, B. D., and Co., 298 , 299 , 300 , 301

Wilson, John, 298

Wilson, Joseph, 337

Wilson, Morrow, and Chamberlin, 300

Wilson, Samuel, Account of Carolina , 36 -37

Wine:

balance in, 5 , 267 ;

blending of, Haraszthy on, 275 ;

books and periodicals about, 221 -22;

and the church, 196 , 201 , 420 ;

and temperance, 88 , 126 , 157 , 329 , 435 .

See also names of particular wines

Wine, production figures of:

in California, 229 , 290 , 363 ;

in Connecticut, 229 ;

in Georgia, 227 ;

in Indiana, 229 ;

in Kentucky, 229 ;

in Missouri, 179 ;

in New York, 202 , 229 ;

in Ohio, 161 , 165 , 166 , 229 ;

in U.S. in 1860, 229 ;

during Prohibition, 436

Wine, silk, and oil, recurrent theme of, 12 -13;

in Carolina, 34 , 35 , 94 ;

in Florida, 59 , 477 n49;

in Georgia, 41 , 153 ;

in Kansas, 402 ;

in South Carolina, 153 ;

in Virginia, 79

Wine Institute, Calif., xvi , 450

Wine Islands, 119

Wine labelling:

and American preference for foreign names, 159 ;

and borrowed names, 151 -52, 348 ;

and fake labels, 359 -60;

and Longworth's rejection of "champagne," 161 ;

proposals for at Southern Vine Growers' Convention, 266 -27;

and proprietary names, 360 ;

and varietal labelling, 226 -27, 381 , 416

Winebricks, 437

Winehaven, Calif., 357 , 358 , 370

Winehaven (wine), 360

Wineland (Vinland), 3 -4

Winkler, A. J., General Viticulture , 26

Winslow, Edward, 29

Winston, Anthony, 82

Winter, Thomas, 338

Winthrop, Gov. John, 29 , 30

Wisconsin, 7 , 396 ;

Haraszthy plants vines in, 271 -72, 483 n7

Wissahickon River, Pa., 87

Witter, Conrad, 182

Woerner, David, 363 , 364

Wolfskill, John, 259

Wolfskill, William, 250 , 252 , 255 , 259 , 287 ;

and early winegrowing in Los Angeles, 249

Woman's Christian Temperance Union, 200 , 376 , 433

Woodworth, John, 299

Workman, William, 250

Worth, W., 367

Wright, Charles (early grower), 54

Wright, Jermyn (early grower), 54

Wubbena, Garrit, 261

Wurttemberg, 99 , 130 , 133

Wurzburg, University of, 183

Wyatt, Sir Francis, 19 , 20

Wyoming, 419

Wythe, George, 71