Question of Nomenclature To the Editor of the "Norru-Cuna Dany News"
Sum=In your issue of Sunday last, the 15th inst, there appears a paid announcement supported by a long! article, concerning the Chefoo Wine production, which calls for comments.
First of all, no Brandy can be call ed "Cognac" unless it is the product of the distillation of grapes grown in the district of Cognac, France, It is to be hoped that local importers of genuine "Cognac," and more especially the local French firms, will take up the cudgels and see to it that Chefoo Brandy be not allowed to be sold here under a fallacious label, which is a serious encroachment on the rights of the lawful producers of this well known liqueur.
Furthermore, to name a Chefoo wine "Claret" is none the less an eneroachment, since this word is rec-agnized in' the wine trade, as well asin the dictionary, as designating Rea Wine, grown in the Bordeaux istrict, At a recent exhibition of Chinese products in Tsingtao, a Chefob Sparkling wine was, in the same vein, called "Champagne Butterfy."
'Wine can undoubtedly be produced in China, especially in Shangtung and in 'Teheli, and our Chinese friends should be' congratulated for trying to develop the agricultural resources of their country, but if they wish to succeed in the particular branch of wine growing, which is a priesthood rather' than "a mere trade, they should be led by the high traditions attaching hereto, As long as they insist on calling Tsingtao wines "Hocks" and Chefoo Brandy "Cognac," they cannot be taken seriously and wilt not rench Shanghai, Sept, 16,
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