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AMERICAN WINES o 20
ANTOINE'S o o o • • • o o 1
ANTOINE'S o ••
DO YOU KNOW o o • Inside back cover
BORDEAUX • o o
BRANDY o o o o •
BURGUNDY- RED
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CHAMPAGNE • o o • • • • o • • 21
COTES DU RHONE o 15
IMPORTED SPARKLING WINES,
RED & WHITE o o o o 22
LIQUEURS AND CORDIALS • • 23
MOSELLES o • • o • • o o 19
COPYRIGHT, 1940 ROY LOUIS ALCIATORE
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RHINE WINES
SHERRY, PORT AND MADEIRA
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THE PRINCIPAL BORDEAUX
VINEYARDS • • o • o •
THE ROYAL FAMILY OF THE
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WINES OF HUNGARY
WINES OF ITALY ••
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OF THIS EDITION OF ANTOINE'S CENTENNIAL
WINE LIST, THREE HUNDRED COPIES
~~ANTOl N E'S''
JUST ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO my grandfather, Antoine Alciatore, who was born in the
picturesque and historic old city of Marseilles, in Southern France, and who came to America as a
young man, opened the doors of Antoine's Restaurant.
ANTOINE'S has changed a good deal since those early days, but perhaps, when all is said and
done, it has changed less than this country as a whole. For when Antoine's opened, in 1840, a
great many of my grandfather's friends could remember when New Orleans was the capital of
a French province, before the Louisiana Purchase, and several of Antoine's early customers had
fought with Jackson (and, with that picturesque old pirate, Jean Lafitte) at the Battle of New
Orleans only twenty-five years before. That was of course before there were any railways to
speak of, and apart fro~ the citizens of New Orleans, most of the gourmets who made my grandfather's
success and his reputation came down by river boat or stage coach from Natchez or
Atlanta or from the old plantations of what we now know as "the Old South."
WHEN Antoine's opened, Martin Van Buren was President, the postage stamp was about to
come into use, baseball had just been played for the first time, Buffalo Bill had not yet been born,
gold had not yet been discovered in California, Abraham Lincoln was a struggling young lawyer
of 31, Texas was an independent republic, and from the Mississippi westward stretched the Great
Plains and the pony express and buffalo and hostile Indians and the wilderness.
THEN Antoine's meant, in the little metropolis that was New Orleans, a tiny oasis of cosmopolitan
atmosphere, of tradition (for the tradition of good food my grandfather brought' with him from
abroad), a bit of Old France transplanted into the busy, vigorous, rapidly changing America of
the 1840s.
WHEN Antoine's opened, the best Clarets which my grandfather could offer to his customers were
the peerless 1811s, the wines of the "Comet Year" (so called because of the comet which appeared
in France in the fall and which was supposed to have presaged Napoleon's downfall).
WE are a little old-fashioned here at Antoine's, and in no great hurry to "modernize" or "keep
abreast of times," whatever that may mean. We have been using the same menu, for luncheon and
for dinner, summer and winter, day in and day out, year in and year out, for fifty years. And
yet here is a new wine list.
THE list is new, the wines are not. Our wine cellar had to start from the beginning after Prohibition,
but at last, after seven years, we can present a list in every way worthy of our cuisine
of which we are, and we believe justly, proud.
ROY L. ALCIATORE
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BORDEAUX
PRINCIPAL DIVISIONS
Ref>ions of Great Wines [!:!)
Lowlands f@J3
Chateaux •
Towns •
THE PRINCIPAL BORDEAUX VINEYARDS
CRUS CLASSES OF THE MEDOC
(CLASSIFIED GROWTHS - - - RED WINES)
First Growths (Premiers Crus)
Chateau Lafite
Chateau Latour
Chateau Margaux
Second Growths (Deuxiemes Crus)
Chateau Mouton-Rothschi1d
Chateau Rausan-Segla
Chateau Rauzan-Gassies
Chateau Leoville-Las-Cases
Chateau Leoville-Poyferre
Chateau Leoville-Barton
Chateau Durfort-Vivens
Chateau de Lascombes
Chateau Gruaud-Larose-Sarget
Chateau Gruaud-Larose-Faure
Chateau Brane-Cantenac
Chateau Pichon-Longueville
Chateau Pichon-Longueville-
Lalande
Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou
Cos d'Estournel
Chateau Montrose
Third Growths (Troisiemes Crus)
Chateau Giscours
Chateau Kirwan
Chateau d'lssan
Chateau Lagrange
Chateau Langoa-Barton
Chateau Malescot-Saint-Exupery
Chateau Cantenac-Brown
Chateau Palmer
Chateau La Lagune
Chateau Desmirail
Chateau Calon-Segur
Third Growth (Tro · ieme Crus)
Chateau Ferriere
Chateau Marquis d' Alesme-Becker
Chateau Boyd-Cantenac
Fourth Growth (Qu.atriemes Crus)
Chateau Saint-Pierre-Bontemps
Chateau Saint-Pierre-Sevaistre
Chateau Branaire-Ducru
Chateau Talbot
Chateau Duhart-Milon
Chateau Pouget
Chateau La Tour-Carnet
Chateau Rochet
Chateau Beychevelle
Chateau de Cantenac-Prieure
Chateau Marquis-de-Terme
Fifth Growths ( Cinquiemes Crus)
Chateau Pontet-Canet
Chateau Batailley
Chateau Grand-Puy-Lacoste
Chateau Grand-Puy-Ducasse
Chateau Lynch-Bages
Chateau Lynch-Moussas
Chateau Dauzac
Chateau Mouton d' Armailhacq
Chateau du Tertre
Chateau Haut-Bages-Liberal
Chateau Pedesclaux
Chateau Belgrave
Chateau Camensac
Cos Labory
Chateau Clerc-Milon-Mondon
Chateau Croizet-Bages
Chateau Cantemerle
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Chat au
Chat au anon
Clos ourt t
Chat au R au ejour
Chat au vie .
Chat au Tertre augay
Chateau utard
Chat au Troplong- ondot
Chat au La Gaffeliere-Naudes .
Cha au Trottevi ille
Chateau Balestard-la-Tonnelle
Clos de 1' ngelus
Chateau Grand-Pontet
Chateau Grand-Mayne
Cap de Mourlin
Chateau Trimoulet
Chateau igeac
Chateau Larcis-Ducasse
RED I OF POMEROL
Fir t of the Gr at Growths
(Premier des Grands Crus)
Chateau Petrus
Great Fir t Growths
Vieux Chateau-Certan
Chateau L'Evangile
Fir t Growth
Chateau La Conseillante
Chateau Certan .
Chateau Petit Village
Chateau Trotanoy
Chateau Beauregard
Chateau Nenin
Chateau Gazin
BORDEAUX
THE BORDEAUX DISTRICT, which surrounds the city of Bordeaux and the wide estuary of
the Gironde in Southwestern France, is a pleasant, tranquil little country of rolling, vineyardcovered
hills and rather impressive, isolated houses, some ancient and some modern, which the
French call "chateaux." Almost every such house has its name, its vineyard and its wine, which
the owner bottles and sells under the name of his "chateau," especially in good years. A "chateaubottled"
wine therefore is a wine produced on one particular bit of ground, and bottled by the
owner at his home.
Most of the subdivisions of the Bordeaux district are better known than Bordeaux itself,
and these subdivisions ~ave given their names to the wines which they produce. The Medoc
stretches off to the nor:th and west of Bordeaux and produces red wine, or Claret, sometimes
called "Medoc," sometimes called, more specifically, after the particular township in which it was
made, "St. Estephe,", or "Margaux" or "St. Julien," or most specifically of all, often carrying the
label of the estate or "chateau" which produced it. Thus similarly Graves is a district south of
Bordeaux yielding red wines as well as white, which takes its name from the gravelly nature of
its soil. Sauternes is a district, as is Barsac, and both are named after villages. St. Emilion is a
town, as well as a wine, and Pomerol is a village as well as a type of Claret.
Of the white Bordeaux, Graves is the dryest, Barsac is usually medium sweet and
Sauternes sweet.
Of the red Bordeaux, the Medocs generally are rated the best, the St. Emilions and
Pomerols as somewhat softer but less distinguished, the red Graves remarkable, but in a class
by themselves.
No.
1 MEDOC
A pleasant, unpretentious table wine.
2 ST. ESTEPHE
The wines from the village of St. Estephe are the fullest-bodied of
all the Medocs.
3 MARGAUX
Like St. Estephe, Margaux is a township of the Medoc. Its wines
are light, delicate and soft.
4 ST. JULIEN
Lying between St. Estephe and Margaux, St. Julien produces wines
which are well-ba:lanced, medium bodied.
5 ST. EMILION
Some thirty miles to the east of the Medoc, the district of St.
Emilion is famous for its Clarets, soft, yet fairly full.
10 CHATEAU PONTET CANET
5th Classified Growth of Pauillac, Medoc. One of the better kQown
Medocs, never chateau bottled. Owned by the house of Cruse
et Fils, Freres.
11 CHATEAU LEOVILLE BARTON
2nd Classified Growth of St. Juli.en, Medoc. Bottled by the owners
of the vineyard, Barton and Guestier.
12 CHATEAU RAUSAN SEGLA
2nd Classified Growth of Margaux, Medoc. One of the better
Margaux, bottled by the owners of the vineyard, Cruse et Fils,
Freres.
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Half
Vintage Bottle Bottle
$ .90 $1.50
$1.25 $2.00
$1.25 $2.00
$1.00 $1.75
$1.25 $2.25
' $1.75 $3.25
$3.25
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*19
CHATEAU MEYNEY
Bourgeois Growth of St. Estephe, Medoc .. Chateau Bottled. A
delightful lesser wine, clean to the taste, fairly full.
CHATEAU GRAND PONTET
1st Growth of St. Emilion. Chateau Bottled. Produced by the
Mayor of the village of St. Emilion, fruity, velvety and soft.
CHATEAU LEOVILLE LAS CASES
2nd Classified Growth of St. Julien, Medoc. Chateau Bottled. A
remarkably good 1934 for the price.
Vintage
1934
1934
1934
*20 CHATEAU MONTROSE 1934
2nd Classified Growth of St. Estephe, Medoc. Chateau Bottled.
Robust, sturdy, very full-bodied, an excellent wine though not yet
at its best.
*21 CHATEAU BEYCHEVELLE 1934
4th Classified Growth of St. Julien, Medoc. Chateau Bottled.
"Beyche-velle" in old French, means "baisse voile," or "lower sail,"
for the sailors, coming up the Gironde river used in the old days
to lower their sails when they saw this chateau. This 1934 is soft,
delicate, very fine.
25 CHATEAU HAUT BRION 1934
First Classified Growth of Pessac, Graves. Chateau Bottled. Very
full, with the unmistakable Haut Brion bouquet and flavor, this
excellent Claret is a great wine today but will improve.
*22 CHATEAU GRUAUD LAROSE FAURE 1934
2nd Classified Growth of St. Julien, Medoc. Chateau Bottled.
One of the most remarkable wines of the great '34 vintage;
ranked as a second but superior to most firsts.
*23 CHATEAU LAFITE 1934
1st Classed Growth of Pauillac, Medoc. Chateau Bottled. Lafite
might be described as the least dependable of the great Bordeaux
vineyards, sometimes producing, as in 1921 and 1928, poor wine
in good years. On the other hand, Lafite at its best is unbeatable,
and here is a truly classic Claret -the finest Lafite of the past
fifteen years.
*24 CHATEAU CHEVAL BLANC 1934
1st Growth of St. Emilion. Chateau Bottled. Perhaps the best
St. Emilion of '34 and a wine of wonderful suavity and depth.
*29 CHATEAU TALBOT 1933
4th Classified Growth of St. Julien, Medoc. Chateau Bottled.
Pleasant and soft, this 1933 has all the characteristics for which
the wines of Talbot are famous -lightness, delicacy, bouquet.
30 CHATEAU MOUTON ROTHSCHILD 1933
*35
*36
*37
2nd Classified Growth of Pauillac, M edoc. Chateau Bottled.
Among the most successful 1933s.
CHATEAU LA TOUR DU ROCli MILON
Bourgeois Growth of Pauillac, Medoc. Chateau Bottled. A clean
and delicate Claret of a great year but little-known Chateau. Fairly
light-bodied and dry.
CHATEAU CROIZET BAGES
5th Classified Growth of Pauillac, Medoc. Chateau Bottled.
Smooth, very polished, light in body.
1929
1929
CHATEAU TROTTEVIEILLE 1929
1st Growth of St. Emilion. Chateau Bottled. The familiar
black label of this excellent St. Emilion is to be seen on many
a gourmet's table. A fine '29.
34 CHA'l,EAU BRANE CANTENAC 1929
Secon:d Classified Growth of Cantenac, Medoc. Chateau Bottled.
Gr,acwus, soft and pleasant, a faultless and typical wine of the
Medoc.
*A Frank Schoonmaker Selection.
Half
Bottle
$1.00
$1.50
Magnum
$6.50
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Bottle
$1.50
$2.35
$2.50
$2.50
$3.50
$4.00
$4.25
$4.75
$5.00
$2.00
$3.00
$1.75
$2.50
$3.25
$3.25
R E D B 0 R D E A U X - continued
No.
*38 CHATEAU PAVIE
Vintage
1929
1st Growth of St. Emilion. Chateau Bottled. The wines grown
round the charming town of St. Emilion, its ancient abbeys crumbling
into the vineyards at their feet and its towers commanding the
whole lovely valley of the Dordogne, are velvety, soft and, as the
French say, "fill the mouth." ... Here is a typical St. Emilion and .
a very good one.
*39 CHATEAU NENIN 1929
1st Growth of Pomerol. Chateau Bottled. Smallest of the fine
wine-producing districts of Bordeaux, .Pomerol is not as well known
as it deserves to be. This is an excellent Claret and a typical 1929.
*40 CHATEAU PICHON LONGUEVILLE LALANDE 1929
2nd Classified Growth of Pauillac, M edoc. Chateau Bottled. A
perfectly balanced Claret with a lovely bouquet and fine aftertaste.
*41 CHATEAU MARGAUX 1929
1st Classified Growth of Margaux, Medoc. Chateau Bottled. The
year 1929 produced this best Margaux since the Great War. A per-fect
red Bordeaux.
40 CHATEAU AUSONE 1929
First Growth of St. Emilion. Chateau Bottled. Ausone and Cheval
Blanc rank as the best vineyards of the St. Emilion district and
1929 of course was a wonderful year. A grande bouteille.
*43 CHATEAU HAUT BRION 1929
1st Classified Growth of Pessac, Graves. Chateau Bottled. A
wine of extraordinary depth and power, slow to mature yet remarkable
today, and in every way worthy of one of the four high-est
ranking Chateaux of the Bordeaux Country.
42 CHATEAU MOUTON ROTHSCHILD 1929
2nd Classified Growth of Pauillac, M edoc. Chateau Bottled. The
proud device of Chateau Mouton Rothschild reads "Premier ne
suis, second ne daigne, Mouton suis" which means "I am not ranked
as a first, I do not deign to be a second, I am Mouton." In certain
years this proud boast is justified, and '29 was such a year, for
this great wine acknowledges only two or three equals among all
the Clarets produced since 1900.
*44 CHATEAU LATOUR 1929
1st Classed Growth of Pauillac, Medoc. Chateau Bottled. Here,
no longer commercially available, is what we believe to be the
greatest Claret of the Twentieth Century.
*49 CHATEAU LAGRANGE 1928
3rd Classified Growth of St. Julien, Medoc. Chateau Bottled. A
full-bodied, sturdy Bordeaux of a good vintage.
50 CHATEAU DE LASCOMBES 1928
2nd Classified Growth of Margaux, Medoc. Chateau Bottled. The
'28s, if anything, err on the side of heaviness and robustness; this
Margaux is better balanced than most of the Clarets of its year.
51 CHATEAU LEOVILLE LAS CASES 1928
2nd Classified Growth of St. Julien, Medoc. Chateau Bottled. A
stout and solid wine, perfect with red meat or game.
*52 CHATEAU LEOVILLE POYFERRE 1928
2nd Classified Growth of St. Julien, Medoc. Chateau Bottled. Of
the three Leovilles, Poyferre, Las Cases and Barton, this is invariably
ranked as the best, and this 1928 is one of the most successful
wines of its year.
*53 CHATEAU MOUTON ROTHSCHILD 1928
2nd Classified Growth of Pauillac, M edoc. Chateau Bottled. Big,
forthright, very masculine - an excellent full-bodied Claret.
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*A Frank Schoonmaker Selection.
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Half
Bottle Bottle
$2.75
$3.75
$4.50
$4.75
$7.00
$7.50
$9.00
$9.00
$2.50
$1.50 $2.50
$3.50
$4.00
$4.25
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No.
58 CHATEAU PAPE CLEMENT
1st Growth of Pessac, Graves. Chateau Bottled.
famous red wines of the Graves district.
One of the most
Vintage
1926
59 CHATEAU MALESCOT ST. EXUPERY 1926
3rd Classified Growth of Margaux, Medoc. Chateau Bottle~. T~e
year 1926 produced exceptionally full-bodied Clarets of whiCh this
is an excellent and typical example.
60 CHATEAU PICHON LONGUEVILLE LALANDE 1926
Second Classified Growth of Pauillac, Medoc. Chateau Bottled.
One of the rare Clarets of the 1926 vintage which combines full-ness
with the soft suavity which a good red Bordeaux should have.
*64 CHATEAU COS D'ESTOURNEL 1924
2nd Classified Growth of St. Estep he, M edoc. Chateau Bottled.
The wines of the village of St. Estephe, as a whole, are full, slow
to mature. This fine 1924, today, is at its superb best.
66 CHATEAU HAUT BRION 1924
First Classified Growth of Pessac, Graves. Chateau Bottled. Haut
Brion in a great year is one of the longest lived wines of France,
and the 1906 listed below is by no means past its prime. This '24,
however, has acquired a beautiful polish and maturity. Recommended.
*65 CHATEAU AUSONE
1st Great Growth of St. Emilion. Chateau Bottled. Legend has
it that the hillside vineyard of Ausone was cultivated by the Latin
poet Ausonius sixteen hundred years ago and from Ausonius, cer-tainly,
the chateau takes its name. It is acknowledged the finest
and rarest of St. Emilions and this 1924 is an impeccable Claret.
1924
*70 CHATEAU LATOUR 1920
1st Classified GTowth of Pauillac, Medoc. Chateau Bottled. The
lesser wines of 1920 are faded now and too old, but this splendid
Latour is vigorous and full and fine.
75 CHATEAU AUSONE 1918
*81
*80
*82
87
88
93
1st Great Growth of St. Emilion. Chateau Bottled. Even better
than the 1924 from the same vineyard; a virtually unprocurable
and magnificent wine.
CHATEAU MONTROSE
2nd Classified Growth of St. Estephe, Medoc. Chateau Bottled.
Sturdy, big, with tremendous body and power, this 1916, after
more than two decades in bottle, is just coming into its prime.
CHATEAU GRUAUD LAROSE SARGET
2nd Classified Growth of St. Julien, Medoc. Chateau Bottled. A
mellow old wine with the exquisite bouquet characteristic of the
St. Juliens at their best, and a superlative flavor and aftertaste.
CHATEAU LATOUR
1st Classified Growth of Pauillac, Medoc. Chateau Bottled. We
are fortunate in being able to offer this celebrated 1916 from the
greatest vineyard of the Medoc, a wine which has all but disappeared
from the world markets.
CHATEAU DU LYONNAT
Bourgeois Growth of Lussac, St. Emilion. Chateau Bottled. For
the lover of old wines, this is an unusual value at $3.75.
CHATEAU HAUT BRION
1st Classified Growth of Pessac, Graves. Chateau Bottled. In
general, .1906 w.as a good year rat.her than a great one, but by
some cunous quirk of fate Haut Bnon produced in '06 its greatest
wine of this generation and one which scarcely a half dozen restaurants
in France are able to offer today.
CHATEAU DU LYONNAT
Bourgeois Growth of Lussac, St. Emilion. Chateau Bottled
From one of the largest vineyards of the St. Emilion district. ·
*A Frank Schoonmaker Selection.
1916
1916
1916
1906
1906
1905
Half
Bottle
$1.50
Bottle
$2.25
$2.25
$4.00
$3.50
$6.00
$8.00
$9.50
$9.00
$4.00
$5.00
$10.00
$3.75
. $10.00
$3.75
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No.
95 CHATEAU DU-LYONNAT
Bourgeois Growth of Lussac, St. Emilion. Chateau Bottled. 1904
was a very great year indeed and this Claret is still in excellent
condition.
99 CHATEAU BRANE CANTENAC
2nd Classified Growth of Cantenac, Medoc. Chateau Bottled. A
wonderful old wine of a superlative vintage.
100 CHATEAU PALMER
3rd Classified Growth of Margaux, Medoc. Chateau Bottled. Famous,
even when young, for its finesse, this lovely Palmer has with
the passing years acquired the color of autumn leaves and the
beauty of a faded tapestry.
Vintage
1904
1900
1900
101 CHATEAU DU LYONNAT 1899
Bourgeois Growth of Lussac, St. Emilion. Chateau Bottled. Like
1900, 1899 ranked as a remarkable year. Recommended.
105 CHATEAU PAPE CLEMENT 1893
1st Growth of Pessac, Graves. Chateau Bottled. Like Chateauneuf-
du-Pape, near Avignon, this vineyard takes its name from
the celebrated wine-loving Pope, Clement V, and still carries on
its label and cork the crossed keys of the Papal seal.
106 CHATEAU LA MISSION HAUT BRION 1893
1st Growth of Pessac, Graves. Chateau Bottled. Delicate, pol-ished,
fragrant.
Chateau Haut Brion
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Half
Bottle Bottle
$4.00
$11.00
Magnum: $16.00
$4.00
Magnum: $14.00
Magnum: $14.00
WHITE BORDEAUX
Half
No. Vintage Bottle Bottle
110 GRAVES $1.00 $1.75
A pleasant dry wine from the Graves district of Bordeaux.
111 BARSAC $1.25 $2.25
Though the village of Barsac is in the legally delimited Sauternes
country, its wines are lighter and somewhat dryer than most
Sauternes.
112 SAUTERNES $1.50 $2.50
Takes its name from the village of Sauternes (not Sauterne) near
Bordeaux. Medium dry.
113 HAUT SAUTERNES $1.50 $2.75
Originally this term meant a wine from the upper slopes of the
Sauternes district. Now it is used to designate a sweeter and
fuller wine.
*118 CRU BEDAT 1934 $1.25 $2.25
Bourgeois Growth of Podensac, Graves. Chateau Bottled. A de-lightful,
well-balanced dry Graves from an excellent lesser vine-yard.
119 CHATEAU DE LA BREDE 1934 $1.75 $3.00
Bourgeois Growth of Graves. Chateau Bottled. Pleasant, with a
good deal of finesse.
*120 CHATEAU LAVILLE HAUT BRION 1934 $1.75 $3.25
1st Growth of Pessac, Graves. Chateau Bottled. The village of
Pessac is really a suburb of Bordeaux and the vines which pro-duce
this clean, fresh and charming wine are surrounded by street
car lines and housing developments.
*122 CHATEAU D'YQUEM 1934 $2.50 $4.50
Great 1st Classified Growth of Sauternes. Chateau Bottled. Best
of Sauternes, and perhaps the b~st sweet natural wine in the world
Yquem needs no introduction to connoisseurs. '
*121 CHATEAU HAUT BRION BLANC 1934 $4.75
1st Classified Growth of Pessac, Graves. Chateau Bottled. By a
considerable margin the finest dry white wine of Bordeaux and one
certainly, of the finest dry white wines of France, this great Grave~
is a worthy sister to the more famous red Haut Brion.
*127 CHATEAU COUTET 1933 $2.25
1st Classified Growth of Barsac. Chateau Bottled. Rather on the
dry side. A remarkable value. Recommended.
*132 CHATEAU RIEUSSEC 1929 $3.25
1st Classified Growth of Fargues, Sauternes. Chateau Bottled.
Tremendously rich and sweet, almost a golden liqueur.
*A Frank Schoonmaker Selection.
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No.
*134 CHATEAU LA TOUR BLANCHE
1st Classified Growth of Bommes, Sauternes. Chateau Bottled.
Now the property of the French Republic and seat o~ a viticultural
school, La Tour Blanche is perhaps, after Yquem, the most famous
Sauternes chateau. This 1929 is exceptional.
Vintage
1929
*133 CHATEAU CLIMENS 1929
1st Classified Growth of Barsac. Chateau Bottled. Climens, in
'29, produced its vin du siecle, or "wine of the century"- fruity,
full, with a magnificent aroma and delicacy.
*135 CHATEAU D'YQUEM 1929
Great 1st Classified Growth of Sauternes. Chateau Bottled. Gen-erally
regarded as the best Yquem since 1921. A superb wine.
*140 CHATEAU FILHOT 1928
2nd Classified Growth of Sauternes. Chateau Bottled. Owned by
the sister of the Marquis de Lur Saluces, proprietor of Yquem,
the vineyard of Filhot is one of the best tended of Sauternes. A
beautiful wine, less sweet than most of the 1929s.
*141 CHATEAU SUDUIRAUT 1928
1st Classified Growth of Sauternes. Chateau Bottled. Excellent.
Medium sweet. A particularly good value at $2.50.
*142 CHATEAU D'YQUEM 1928
Great 1st Classified Growth of Sauternes. Chateau Bottled. More
delicate than the magisterial '29 from the same vineyard; finely
balanced, fairly sweet.
*A Frank Schoonmaker Selection.
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Half
Bottle
$3.50
$3.50
Bottle
$4.00
$4.25
$6.50
$3.50
$2.50
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THE ROYAL FAMILY OF THE WINES OF BURGUNDY
LE Roi: Le Chambertin
LA REINE: La Romanee-Conti
LE DAUPHIN: Le Musigny
LES ENFANTS ROYAUX: Le Richebourg, Le Clos de Vougeot, Le Gorton, Le Montrachet
LES PRINCES nu SANG: Les Romanees, Le Clos de Tart, Le Clos St-Jacques, Les Echezeaux,
Les Bonnes-Mares, Le Clos des Lambrays
Dues ET DucHESSES: Gevrey-Chambertin, Chambolle-Musigny, Vougeot, Vosne-Romanee,
Nuits-St-Georges, Aloxe-Corton, Pernand-Vergelesses, Savigny-les-Beaune, Beaune,
Pommard, Volnay, Meursault, Monthelie, Auxey-Duresses, Puligny-Montrachet,
Chassagne-Montrachet, Santenay
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BURGUNDY
THE GREAT BURGUNDIAN VINEYARDS consist of a single hillside; for twenty-five miles
they parallel the main road a~d main railway line from Paris to Marseilles and the Riviera.
Gently sloping, less than a mile wide, cut into little holdings that stretch from the wide plain at
the foot of the hill to the forest at its crest, this Cote d'Or, or "Golden Slope" is anything but
impressive. And yet, for nearly two thousand years it has been celebrated throughout the civilized
world. The poet Petrarch wrote of the wines of Beaune; Erasmus said that he would rather drink
Burgundy than command all the armies of France, and Chambertin was the favorite wine of
Napoleon.
Fine Burgundy is neither very easy to come by, nor very cheap. Good years are the
exception rather than the rule; the vineyards are pitifully small (Romanee Conti, for example,
consists of five acres) and, alas! beautifully labeled bottles are not always what they claim to be.
Generally speaking, the best Burgundies are those· bottled by the little vignerons who own the
vineyards and cultivate the vines.
The "Burke's Peerage" of fine Burgundy reproduced on Page 10 is pretty fanciful but very
accurate none the less. It fails, however to take into consideration a whole coterie of noble wines
which, though true Burgundies, do not come from the Cote d'Or. Thus Chablis, delicate, very dry,
green-gold in color, certainly deserves a place beside Montrachet and Meursault, the best white
wines of the "Golden Slope"; and Moulin-a-Vent and other wines of the Beaujolais district to the
south are at least on a par with the lesser Beaunes and Pommards.
The white Burgundies are about the best dry white wines of France, perfect with sea
food or chicken or turkey. They include: Grand Montrachet and its satellites, Chevalier, Batard,
Pucelle, Combettes, etc.; the fine Meursaults: Charmes, Perrieres, Goutte d'Or, etc.; the great
Chablis: Clos, Vaudesir, Valmur, Grenouille, etc., and in a minor key, Pouilly, or Pouilly-Fuisse.
The great red Burgundies (and there are no better red wines in the world) come for
the most part from the northern half of the Cote d'Or, the so-called Cote de Nuits. The wines of
Cote de Beaune (Corton, Beaune, Pommard, Volnay, etc.) are softer, less big and less austere.
RED BURGUNDY
No. Vintage
155 BEAUJOLAIS
Produced some sixty miles farther south, the wines of the Beaujolais
district are lighter, less great and mature more rapidly than
the Burgundies proper. A pleasant table wine.
156 MACON
Macon is a town on the edge of the Beaujolais. A well-balanced
red wine, at its best with red meat.
157 POMMARD
The village of Pommard lies south of Beaune on the celebrated
Burgundian "Cote d'Or," or Golden Slope. Full and soft.
158 VOLNAY
Only two miles separate Pommard and Volnay and their wines
have the same characteristics.
159 NUITS ST. GEORGES
The picturesque little town of Nuits has given its name to the
Cote de Nuits; its wines in general are fine, yet big and powerful.
*164 SAVIGNY-LES-BEAUNE 1934
Estate Bottling of Louis Langeron Boursot. Light, fragrant,
delicate, a charm~ng little wine.
*A Frank Schoonmaker Selection.
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Half
Bottle
$1.75
$1.75
$2.00
$1.35
Bottle
$2.00
$2.00
$3.00
$3.00
$3.25
$2.50
R E D B U R G U N D Y - continued
No.
*165
*166
161
162
168
BEAUNE GREVES
Estate Bottling of Louis Voiret. Beaune is the name of a town-ship;
Greves is the name of a vineyard (incidentally the best in
the township of Beaune). A pleasant mellow wine, of a great year.
CHARMES MAZYS CHAMBERTIN
Estate Bottling of General Rebourseau. From a vineyard which
adjoins Grand Chambertin - a robust and distinguished Bur-gundy,
produced and bottled by one of the best growers of the
region.
CORTON, CHATEAU GRANCEY
Estate Bottling of Louis Latour. M. Latour is the largest vine-yard
owner of the township of Corton, and this wine, fuller-bodied
than most of the '34s, is just beginning to come into its own.
BONNES MARES
Estate Bottling of Comte de Vogile. Soft, remarkable for its bou-quet,
a fine wine from an impeccable producer.
CLOS DE VOUGEOT
Estate Bottling of Charles Noellat. Vougeot is among the great,
names of Burgundy, and here is a lovely wine of unusual finesse
and charm.
Vintage
1934
1934
1934
1934
1934
*167 POMMARD RUGIENS 1934
Estate Bottling of de Chavigne et de Lavoreille. In addition to
the generic name Pommard, this wine carries the name of the
little ten-acre vineyard which produced it. In our opinion, one of
the finest Pommards ever offered on the American market.
*169 CLOS DE VOUGEOT 1934
Estate Bottling of Edouard Jayer. Old M. Jayer is the Mayor
of the village of Vosne Romanee, which adjoins Vougeot on the
south and this is an altogether exceptional wine.
163 LE MUSIGNY 1934
Estate Bottling of Comte de Vogile. The Comte de Vogiie is one
of the most justly famous vineyard owners of the Cote d'Or. This
Musigny is his finest wine of the great '34 vintage.
*170 LE MUSIGNY 1934
Estate Bottling of Frederic Mugnier. They say that if Romanee
Conti is the queen of Burgundies, Musigny is the dauphin and this
exquisite, gracious, delicate wine is certainly worthy of royal-rank.
*171 LE CHAMBERTIN . 1934
Estate Bottling of the Domaine Marion Freres. 1934 was a ve:ry
great vintage indeed but its wines are velvety rather than heavy-more
remarkable for their finesse than for their body. This Cham-bertin
is a typical and beautiful 1934.
*172 ROMANEE CONTI 1934
Estate Bottling of the Domaine de la Romanee Conti. Acknowl-edged
the greatest vineyard of Burgundy, Romanee Conti produced
in 1934 one of its best wines.
*A Frank Schoonmaker Selection.
Half
Bottle Bottle
$1.75 $3.00
$.1.75 $3.35
$3.50
$4.00
$4.00
$4.25
$5.00
$5.00
$5.75
$5.75
$9.00
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R E D B U R G U N D Y - continued
No.
173 RICHEBOURG, VIEUX CEPAGES
Estate Bottling of the Domaine de la Romanee Conti. Next to
Romanee Conti, which it adjoins, Richebourg is often rated as the
finest vineyard of Burgundy. A grande bouteille. ·
180 ROMANEE ST. VIVANT
Estate Bottling of Charles Noellat. Fuller in body than most
of the '34s.
181 GRANDS ECHEZEAUX
Estate Bottling of the Domaine de la Romanee Conti. An unusually
fine wine of a good but somewhat uneven vintage. Bottled by
the owner of Romanee Conti.
Vintage
1934
1933
1933
*185 MOULIN-A-VENT CARQUELIN 1929
Estate Bottling of Maurice Crozet. Moulin-a-Vent is a Beau-jolais
but far and ;1way the best Beaujolais and quite in a class
with many more famous red wines of the Cote d'Or. Recommended
at the price.
186 BEAUNE BRESSANDES 1929
Estate Bottling of the Comte de Vaulchier. An estate bottled '29
from an excellent vineyard.
*187 CORTON CLOS DE BRESSANDES 1929
Estate Bqttling of G. Yard. A considerable part of M. Yard'13 production
of this wine in '29 was set aside for the President of
France. Here is decidedly a "grande bouteille."
*188 POMMARD, LES EPENOTS 1929
. Estate Bottling of M oingeon-Ropiteau. Estate Bottled Pommards
are hard to come by, but this one, like the '34 Rugiens
listed above, is a real beauty.
*189 RICHEBOURG 1929
Estate Bottling of the Domaine de la Romanee Conti. Richebourgs
are the fullest and sturdiest of all red Burgundies and here
is a glorious wine, bottled by a grower of impeccable reputation.
*190 ROMANEE CONTI 1929
195
200
205
210
211
212
Estate Bottling of the Domaine de la Romanee Conti. Perhaps the
greatest Burgundy in existence.
ROMANEE CONTI
Estate Bottling of the Domaine de la Romanee Conti. The 1928s
are heavier, bigger, but less polished and less fine than the '29s.
Here is, however, one of the very greatest red wines procurable.
BONNES MARES
Estate Bottling of Fernand Grivelet. The 1919s matured slowly
and this big stout wine is. just coming into its own.
GRANDS ECHEZEAUX
Estate Bottling of the Comte de Vaulchier. A lovely old wine of
a great vineyard and year.
MORGEOT (HAUTES CORNIERES)
" " "
" " "
The tiny village of Morgeot lies on the Burgundian Cote d'Or, just
south of Montrachet. Needless to say, red Burgundies of this age
are rare, and these are good ones.
215 MUSIGNY
Estate Bottling of the Comte de Vogue. This great wine disappeared
from the world markets nearly fifty years ago. A true col-
1928
1919
1915
1907
1906
1904
1884
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Bottle Bottle
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$3.00
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$3.75
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$15.00
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lector's item. _ ~ ~- -------·----
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No.
225
227
229
*233
*231
*232
WHITE BURGUNDY
POUILL Y -FUISSE
Produced on the rolling hills to the southwest of Macon, on the
main road from Paris to the Riviera, Pouilly is one of the most
agreeable white wines in the world, dry and yet soft, light without
being thin- and here is a perfect Pouilly.
CHABLIS
The village of Chablis lies some eighty miles northwest of the
main Burgundian vineyards. Its wines are light, pale gold, extremely
dry.
MEURSAULT
Stout, sturdy and full-bodied, as befits true white Burgundies,
Meursaults in general are dry, but less austerely so than Chablis
and Montrachets.
PULIGN-Y MONTRACHET, LA PUCELLE
Estate Bottling of the Domaine Lefiaive. Less full and more delicate
than the '34s, the 1935 white Burgundies are remarkable for
their finesse - here is a beautiful, light dry wine, a perfect complement
to sea food.
CHABLIS, LES CLOS
Estate bottling of J. Moreau et Fils. An admirable young Chablis.
MEURSAULT PERRIERES
Estate Bottling of the Contte Lafon. Here is Meursault at its
lovely best- fresh and fragrant as spring grass after a shower.
*234 HOSPICES DE BEAUNE, CUVEE BAHEZRE DE LANLAY,
Vintage
1934
1935
1937
1937
MEURSAULT 1935
Bott'led by the Aquereur, M. Joseph Drouhin. The Hospices de
Beaune is a very ancient and very beautiful hospital in Beaune;
its endowment consists of vineyards, and its wines are famous.
An extraordinarily aristocratic wine.
230 CORTON CHARLEMAGNE
Estate Bottled, Louis Latour. Louis Latour is a producer of impeccable
reputation, and this is one of the finest wines of the COte
de Beaune.
1935
*235 LE GRAND MONTRACHET 1935
Estate Bo'ttling of Julien Monnot. A superb Grand Montrachet of
a great year.
*236 CHASSAGNE-MONTRACilET, LES GRANDES RUCHOTTES 1934
Estate Bottling of Claude Ramonet. By no means a "great" or
"pretentious" wine, here is one of the best and most straightforward
and altogether pleasant bottles to accompany a Pompano
or Oysters Rockefeller, that we have tried.
*237 CHABLIS, LES CLOS 1934
Estate Bottling of J. Moreau et Fils. The vineyards which sur-round
the little walled town of Chablis are neither very large nor
very productive, and Chablis such as this, dating from a great year,
produced by a fine vineyard, bottled by a grower of impeccable
reputation, is rare indeed. Dry and extremely fine.
*238 BATARD MONTRACHET 1934
Estate Bottling of Henri Coquet. Very dry, clean and pale as
a Montrachet should be- perfection with fish.
*239 CHABLIS V AUDESIR 1929
Estate Bottling of J. Moreau et Fils. We are genuinely proud of
this wine and we have every reason to be, for it is everything that a
Chablis should be: you will notice its color, green-gold; its wonder-fully
delicate aroma, which has been compared to the smell of flint
on steel; its dryness-without-bitterness an·d the clean aftertaste
which it leaves.
*A Frank Schoonmaker Selection.
Half
Bottle
$1.50
$1.50
$1.50
$1.75
Bottle
$2.75
$2.75
$2.75
$3.00
$3.25
$3.50
$3.75
$3.75
$7.00
$2.50
$3.25
$3.75
$4.00
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WHITE BURGUNDY- continued
No. Vintage
240 MEURSAULT 1926
Estate Bottling of the Comte de Vaulchier. A good older Meur-sault
of an excellent vintage.
241 . BATARD MONTRACHET 1923
Estate Bottling of Fernand Grivelet. 1923 was a classic year, and
the lover of older wines will find this Montrachet at its best.
242 GRAND MONTRACHET 1929
Estate Bottled, Domaine Fleurot-Larose. A great Montrachet of
a wonderful year.
COTES DU RHONE
Half
Bottle Bottle
$4.00
$7.00
$7.00
FROM LYON south to the old papal city of Avignon, the steep banks of the hurrying Rhone are
dotted with vineyards, some of very little consequence, some good, and some, thanks to particularly
favorable exposure, remarkable. The red wines of the Rhone are sturdy, full-bodied, longlived,
like pleasant country cousins of the great red Burgundies. The one fine white Rhone wine,
white Hermitage, is robust, full, very dry.
No. Vintage
250 COTES DU RHONE, ROUGE
*255
*256
262
260
*261
*263
264
Chapoutier et Cie. A pleasant little table wine from a lesser
Rhone vineyard. Full-bodied.
CHATEAUNEUF DU PAPE, CHATEAU FORTIA
Estate Bottling of the Baron Le Roy de Boiseaumarie. Chateau-neuf
du Pape takes its name from the Popes who, in the 14th
Century, moved the seat of the Papacy from Rome to Avignon. The
wines produced round this picturesque village, its old crenellated
fortress still standing proud and grey above the Rhone, are very
full-bodied and as fiery as the Provenc;al sun under which they are
grown. Here is an exceptionally good one.
HERMITAGE LACHAPELLE
Estate Bottling of P. Jaboulet Aine. Produced on the steep slopes
of the Rhone Valley, Hermitage is certainly one of the best of the
lesser known wines of France- fine, sturdy; with a splendid bou-quet
and aftertaste.
COTE ROTIE
Estate Bottling of Chapoutier et Cie. Smallest and perhaps Jeast
well-known of the great Rhone vineyards, Cote Rotie is never-theless
the full equal of Hermitage and Chateauneuf-du-Pape in
quality. Excellent.
HERMITAGE
J. Faiveley. 1923 was an excellent year on the Rhone and this is a
fine mellow wine, soft and ready.
HERMITAGE LA CHAPELLE
Estate Bottling of P. Jaboulet, Aine. A remarkable wine, per-fection
with guinea hen, duck or game.
HERMITAGE LA CHAPELLE, BLANC
Estate Bottling of P. Jaboulet, Aine. Sturdy and full-bodied, here
is a Rhone wine of the great 1929 vintage which can stand up to
any fish that was ever caught-at its best, perhaps, with Pompano.
HERMITAGE BLANC, CLOS DEMURE DE LARNAGE
Estate Bottling of Chapoutier et Cie. Golden and soft after its
decade and a half in bottle. An exceptional Hermitage.
*A Frank Schoonmaker Selection.
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1937
1929
1923
1923
1923
1929
1923
Half
Bottle
$1.75
$2.25
$1.75
Bottle
$2.25
$3.25
$3.00
$3.25
$4.00
$4.00
$3.00
VINS ROSES
MADE FROM BLACK GRAPES, as red wines are, and yet, like white wines, invariably served
chilled, vins roses, in their modest way, combine the best features of both. They go well with
almost any food; they are as pleasant and refreshing summer wines as it is possible to imagine.
Roses are made in a good many French provinces- Tavel, from the Rhone, is perhaps the most
famous, but the pale pink wines of the Beaujolais (Fleurie, Moulin-a-Vent, etc.) are at least as
good. Less celebrated but excellent wines of this class are produced in Anjou in the Jura, in
Lorraine, in Alsace and even in Bordeaux.
No.
*270 TAVEL
Estate Bottling of the Cooperative of Tavel. Best known of the
vins roses of France. Served chilled, it goes with almost any dish.
*273 FLEURIE GRAND COUR ROSE
Estate Bottling of Maurice Crozet. A delightful fresh rose from
the Beaujolais Country.
Vintage
1937
1935
*274 MOULIN-A-VENT, ROSE 1935
Estate Bottling of Maurice Crozet. Remarkable for its fruit and
breeding, one of the best roses we have ever tasted.
VINS DE LA LOIRE
Half
Bottle
$1.25
$.1.25
Bottle
$2.00
$2.25
$2.75
LONGEST OF FRENCH RIVERS, the Loire winds its illustrious way nearly six hundred
miles through much of the loveliest countryside of France. The wines grown along its banks have
not, to tell the truth, any real family resemblance; they include the pleasant red Chinon of which
Rabelais was so fond, the Chanturgue of Auvergne, and the Muscadet which is so good with the
excellent pike of Nantes. And they also include a few which have earned a real place in the international
hierarchy of wines: the clean, dry, delicate Sancerre, at its best with oysters; the gay
little wines of Vouvray, still and sparkling; the golden, honeyed wines of the old province of
Anjou, which, at their best are perhaps Yquem's one real equal among the sweet white wines
of France.
No.
*280
*279
*281
*282
SANCERRE-SAUVIGNON (Charles Brulet)
This pleasant little white wine has long since earned an honored
place for itself at Prunier's in Paris and we think it will prove
equally popular here. Very dry.
VOUVRAY (Schoonmaker)
Agreeable, light, fresh and clean.
VOUVRA Y (Schoonmaker)
To those who have visited the Chateau Country, Vouvray needs no
.introduction - here is an excellent dry wine of a fine year.
VOUVRAY, CLOS DU PETIT MONT (Anderouin)
Some say that Vouvrays will not travel and some that they will not
keep. Here is a wine to confound the critics, a rich, superb, 19-
year-old wine, fairly sweet and in perfect condition.
Vintage
1938
1934
1928
1921
*283 ANJOU, CHATEAU DE BELLE RIVE 1921
Quarts de Chaume - Chateau Bottled. The man who made this
wine (the greatest sweet French wine we have ever tasted) is
known from one end of the gracious province of Anjou to the other,
as le Pere Mignot. Here is Pere Mignot's masterpiece - we have
only a few bottles, and since Monsieur Mignot is over eighty, there
1 may never be such a wine again.
*A Frank Schoonmaker Selection.
Half
Bottle
$1.00
$1.75
Bottle
$2.25
$1.75
$3.00
$5.85
$5.85
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ALSACE
THE PALE, LIGHT, FLOWERY wines of Alsace are Rhine wines in every sense of the word.
The vineyards, from Mulhouse in the south to Strasbourg in the north, overlook the Valley of the
Rhine, and the Riesling and Traminer and Sylvaner grapes grown in the Alsatian vineyards, are
the same grapes that are grown in the vineyards of the Rheingau and Rheinhessen and the
Rheinpfalz on the other side of what is now,. unfortunately, not a frontier but a front. The wines
of Alsace have become very popular indeed in France since 1918; fresh, fragrant, delicate, they
are at their best when young.
No. Vintage
290 SYLVANER (Ernest Kuehn) 1938
An agreeable li t tle wine from the French side of the Rhine.
291 GEWUERZTRAMINER, CLOS ST. HUBERT (Ernest Kuehn) 1937
Made from the Gewuerztraminer, or "spicy Traminer" grape, this
is an Alsatian wine specially remarkable for its bouquet. 1937, incidentally,
was an excellent year.
292 RIESLING (Ernest Kuehn) 1938
An Alsatian wine quite worthy to take its place beside all but the
finest wines of the German Rheingau.
293 GEWUERZTRAMINER (Eugene Klipfel) 1929
A delicate and polished white wine, dry and clean.
RHINE WINES
Half
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$1.25
Bottle
$2.25
$3.00
$3.00
$2.50
THE GREAT WINES of the German Rhineland rank, beyond any shadow of doubt, among the
greatest of white wines, and as such they are international, as much a part of the world's heritage
of good things, as a symphony of Beethoven or a Mozart concerto. Generally speaking, the best
Rhine wines are estate-bottled and carry the words "Original-Abfiillung" and the branded cork of
the producer. Although in general short-lived, a few Rhines such as those of the incomparable '21
vintage go on improving for nearly two decades.
No.
300 LIEBFRAUMILCH
Perhaps the most universally popular of all Rhine wines.
305 NIERSTEINER
Sof t, light, extremely pleasant.
310 HOCHHEIMER
The word "hock" is derived from Hochheim, and this little village
near Wiesbaden has been famous for its wines for centuries.
315 RUDESHEIMER
The Rlidesheimers are in general the fullest-bodied wines of the
Rhine.
320 LIEBFRAUMILCH, KLOSTER DOKTOR (N. Fromm)
An excellent Liebfraumilch of a great year.
325 LIEBFRAUMILCH, BLUE NUN (H. Sichel Sohne)
One of the most widely sold German wines. 1929 was a good vintage.
330 LIEBFRAUMILCH, KLOSTER DOKTOR, AUSLESE
(N. Fromm)
About the finest Liebfraumilch on the market.
333 SCHLOSS VOLLRADS KABINETT WEIN
Original-Abfiillung of Graf Matuschka Greiffenklau. 1937 was a
very great year indeed. A remarkable Rhine wine.
*335 SCHLOSS VOLLRADS
Original-Abfiillung of the Graf Matuschka-Greifjenklau. An estate-
bottled wine of quite extraordinary freshness and charm -
V ollrads is one of the best vineyards on the Rhine.
*A Frank Schoonmaker Selection.
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Half
Vintage Bottle Bottle
$1.50 $2.50
$1.50 $2,50
$1.50 $2.50
$1.50 $2.75
1934 $2.25 $4.00
1929 $2.00 $3.50
192.1 $6.50
1937 $6.00
1935 $4.25
No.
*337 JOHANNISBERGER KLAUS, SPAETLESE
Original-AbfiUlung of Krayer Erben. Well-balanced, full and
soft. Recommended.
Vintage
1935
*336 SCHLOSS JOHANNISBERG 1935
Original-Abfiillung of Furst von Metternich. Schloss J ohannis-berg
shares with Chateau d'Yquem and Grand Montrachet the top
place among the white-wipe vineyards of the world, and although
1935, on the Rhine, was a good year rather than a great one, this
beautiful, fragrant, delicate wine is in every way worthy of the
Schloss J ohannisberg name.
*340 SCHLOSS JOHANNISBERG 1934
Original-Abfiillung of Furst von M etternich. A truly magnificent
wine of a very great vintage.
*341 HOCHHEIMER KIRCHENSTUCK
TROCKENBEERENAUSLESE
Original-Abfiillung of Geh. Commerzienrat Aschrott. Trockenbeerenauslesen,
or wines made from grapes that have been allowed
to hang on the vines until almost dry (and then picked over, grape
by grape) are made only in the very greatest vintage years and
even in such years there are rarely a score of barrels made in the
whole Rheingau. This incomparable 1934, with a volume of bouquet
and flavor quite impossible to describe, is one of the greatest sweet
wines in the world.
345 JOHANNISBERGER KERZENSTUCK
Original-Abfiillung of Hermann von Mumm. On the hill above the
quaint old village of J ohannisberg, the Kerzenstiick vineyard ad-joins
that of Schloss J ohannisberg and this piquant and charming
wine shares some of the characteristics of its illustrious neighbor.
350 SCHLOSS JOHANNISBERG
Original-Abfiillung of Furst von M etternich. Despite the fact that
'32 was only a fair vintage, this is an exceptional wine, light, remarkably
clean on the palate.
1934
1933
1932
*355 ELTVILLER SONNENBERG, AUSLESE 1921
Original-Abfiillung of Oekonomierat Jakob Fischer. Now in what
might be described as the mellow autumn of their life, the 1921s,
the greatest German wines of this century, are becoming almost
unprocurable.
*356 WINKELER HASENSPRUNG, AUSLESE 1921
Original-Abfiillung of Kommerzienrat Krayer Erben. An "Aus-lese"
is a wine made from special perfect bunches of grapes, set
aside and pressed separately at the time of the harvest. Such wines
are fuller, richer and longer lived than non-Auslese wines of the
same vineyard and year.
*357 HALLGARTENER MEHRHOLZCHEN AUSLESE 1921
Original-Abfiillung of the Winzerverein, Hallgarten. The wines of
Hallgarten are among the sturdiest of the Rhines and this '21 is
still in perfect condition.
STEINWEIN
415 WURZBURGER STEIN, AUSLESE 1935
Shipped in the characteristic squat green flagon, or Bocksbeutel-a
full-bodied sturdy wine and an old favorite.
416 WURZBURGER STEIN SCHALKBERG 1934
1934 was a great year everywhere in Germ~ny. A really excellent
"Steinwein."
*A Frank Schoonmaker Selection.
Half
Bottle
$2.75
$9.50
$2.50
$2.50
Bottle
$5.00
$6.00
$18.00
$9.00
$9.00
$10.00
$6.00
$6.50
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MOSELLES
FRAGRANT, EXTRAORDINARILY DELICATE, the wines of the Moselle (which, incidentally,
are produced at about the latitude of Winnipeg) are the lightest fine wines in the world and
because of their dryness go very well with seafood. As a rule they are at their best when less than
ten years old.
No. Vintage
365 MOSELBLUMCHEN
A pleasant little Moselle.
370 BURGEMEISTER MOSELLE GREEN SEAL (H. Sichel Sohne) 1933
Agreeable, light and fresh.
375 BERNKASTELER RIESLING 1935
A good regional Bernkasteler. 1935 was an excellent year.
380 BRAUNEBERGER SCHLOSS DOKTOR (N. Fromm)
A popular district wine from Brauneberg.
1934
385 BRAUNEBERGER AUSLESE (H. Sichel Sohne) 1921
As on the Rhine, 1921 was a very great year indeed.
387 EITELSBACHER KARTHAEUSERHOFBERGER 1935
Original-AbfiUlung of Hans Wilhelm Rautenstrauch. A delightful
and delicate wine from the best vineyard of the Ruwer - one of
the Moselle's picturesque little tri~utaries.
388 BERNKASTLER LAY 1935
Original-Abfilllung of Bergweiler-Prilm. Next to the famous
Doktor, the Lay vineyard is one of the best of Bernkastel. A
charming 1935.
*390 SCHARZBERGER 1935
Original-AbfiUlung of the Weingut Von Hovel. A wonderfully
clean and fragrant wine from the Saar- dry, fresh, with a lovely
flowery bouquet.
*391 TRITTENHEIMER KLEMENSBURG
Original-Abfilllung of the Bischofl. Priesterseminar. The Trittenheimers
are among the softest and best balanced wines of the
Moselle. Bottled by the grower, and dating from an excellent vintage,
this is an exceptional value.
1935
395 BERNKASTELER DOKTOR 1920
Original-Abfullung of Wwe. Dr. H. Thanisch. A beautiful old
wine from one of the most celebrated vineyards in Germany.
WINES OF SPAIN
Half
Bottle Bottle
$1.75 $3.00
$2.00 $3.75
$1.50 $3.00
$2.25 $4.00
$6.00
$3.50
$4.00
$2.25 $4.00
$4.50
$7.50
THE BEST TABLE WINES, red and white, of Spain come from the banks of the River Ebro in
the northern section of the country and are known as Riojas; Of these, the finest, we believe, are
bottled by the Marques de Murrieta, right in his old castle in the Rioja district.
No.
*425
*426
Vintage
RIOJA MARQUES DE MURRIETA (Red) Estate Bottled 1924
A b;autifully balanced wine, full-bodied yet soft and delicate; recalling
a big, sturdy Claret.
RIOJA MARQUES DE MURRIETA (White) Estate Bottled 1926
This'wine suggests, in its power and bouquet, a fine white Burgundy.
*A Frank Schoonmaker Selection.
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Half
Bottle Bottle
$2.50
$2.75
WINES OF ITALY
CHIANTI, in the gay, characteristic, straw-covered fiaschi is the wine which springs to mind when
one thinks of Italian vintages. We offer a variety of Chiantis, and also one superb Barolo, regarded
as the best red wine of Italy.
No.
430
*431
432
433
No.
450
451
Half
Vintage Bot tle Bottle
CHIANTI, MELINI (Red) 1934 $1.00 $2.00
BAROLO, OPERA PIA (Red) 1934 $2.50
CHIANTI, MELINI (White) $1.00
CHIANTI, MELINI (White) 1931 $1.00
WINES OF HUNGARY
Bottle
TOKAY SZAMORODNI $2.75
ROYAL TOKAY, 5 PUTTONYOS $4.50
AMERICAN WINES
THESE WINES REPRESENT the cream of California's finest vineyards,
watered by natural rainfall, in the region surrounding San Francisco
Bay. They are sound, well-made and clean on the palate. They
need no foreign "type names" to describe them. American wines should
be named from the places they come from, just as European wines are,
and we have so listed them here.
Red
Half
No. Vintage Bottle Bottle
*455 LIVERMORE VALLEY
ZINFANDEL (Wente Bros.) $ .60 $ .95
*456 FOUNTAINGROVE SONOMA
PINOT NOIR (Fountaingrove) 1934 $ .70 $1.25
*457 INGLENOOK NAPA
CABERNET (Inglenook) 1934 $ .85 $1.50
White
*458 NAPA VALLEY LIGHT
WHITE WINE (F. Salmina) 1936 $ .70 $1.20
*459 LIVERMORE VALLEY DRY
SEMILLON (Wente Bros.) 1935 $ .75 $1.25
*460 LIVERMORE VALLEY
SWEET SEMILLON (Wente Bros.) 1935 $ .85 $1.35
*461 LIVERMORE VALLEY
SAUVIGNON BLANC (Wente Bros.) 1935 $ .85 $1.50
*A Frank Schoonmaker Selection.
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CHAMPAGNE
THIS INTERNATIONALLY FAMOUS WINE, whose name is a synonym for festivals and grand
occasions everywhere, comes from black and white grapes, grown in a strictly delimited region
some eighty miles northwest of Paris. The Champagne district is, with the exception of the Moselle,
the most northerly region of fine wines in the world, yet how heart-warming are its clean, prickly
bubbles, its generous bouquet and flavor!
The Champagnes listed here are in impartial, alphabetical order. They represent the
cream of the output of the most renowned Champagne houses of France and of the finest vintage
years now extant. (Note: The dryest Champagnes are those marked "brut.")
No.
450 AYALA BRUT
451 BOLLINGER BRUT
452 CHARLES HEIDSIECK
453 DELBECK
454 HEIDSIECK BRUT
455 HEIDSIECK DRY MONOPOLE
*456 IRROY, ERNEST, CARTE D'OR BRUT
*458 IRROY, ERNEST, BRUT ENGLISH MARKET
*457 IRROY, ERNEST, BRUT ENGLISH MARKET
*457miRROY, ERNEST, BRUT ENGLISH MARKET Magnum
*457s IRROY, ERNEST, SPLIT
462 LANSON PERE ET FILS, EXTRA DRY
463 LANSON PERE ET FILS
459 LOUIS ROEDERER, CRYSTAL BOTTLE, BRUT
458 LOUIS ROEDERER, CUVEE SPECIAL
460 LOUIS ROEDERER GRAND VIN SEC
461 LOUIS ROEDERER BRUT
464 MOET ET CRANDON IMPERIAL CROWN
466 MUMM CORDON ROUGE
466mMUMM CORDON ROUGE, Magnum
465 MUMM EXTRA DRY
476 PERRIER JOUET, ENGLISH CUVEE
467 PERRIER JOUET, ENGLISH CUVEE
468 POL ROGER BRUT SPECIAL
469 POMMERY ET GRENO, VIN NATURE
470 POMMERY ET GRENO, VIN ROSE (Pink)
471 RUINART PERE ET FILS BRUT
472 VEUVE CLICQUOT PONSARDIN
473 VEUVE CLICQUOT PONSARDIN GOLD LABEL
474 VEUVE CLIQUOT PONSARDIN GOLD LABEL
475mVEUVE CLICQUOT PONSARDIN Magnum
*A Frank Schoonmaker S election.
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Vintage
1928
1929
1928
1926
1928
1928
1933
1928
1928
1928
1928
1928
1926
1929
1929
1928
1926
1928
1928
1928
1926
1929
Half
Bottle
$2.75
$3.75
$4.00
$3.00
$3.75
$3.75
$3.50
$3.50
$3.50
$4.50
$3.50
$4.50
$4.50
Bottle
$6.50
$8.50
$7.00
$6.00
$5.00
$6.00
$5.00
$7.00
$7.50
$15.00
$1.75
$5.50
$6.50
$7.00
$6.00
$7.50
$8.00
$7.00
$7.50
$15.00
$6.50
$6.00
$7.50
$7.00
$6.50
$8.00
$8.00
$6.50
$8.00
$15.00
IMP 0 R TED. ·SPA R K LIN· G WINES
Red
Half
No. Vintage Bottle Bottle
500 SPARKLING BURGUNDY $2.50 $4.75
501 SPARKLING NEBBIOLO (Italian) $5.00
White
Half
Bottle Bottle
505 SPARKLING BURGUNDY $4.50
506 SPARKLING MOSELLE $2.75
sos SPARKLING SAUMUR ACKERMAN DRY ROYALE $2.75 $5.00
509 SPARKLING LACRIMA CHRISTI $4.00
510 ASTI SPUMANTE $2.25 $4.00
*507 SPARKLING VOUVRAY (Schoonmaker) 1933 $5.00
SHERRY, PORT' and MADEIRA
Sherry Port
No. Glass No. Glass
526 AMONTILLADO VICTORIA $ .40 545 OLD TAWNY (Silva) $ .40
525 APITIV ( Sandeman) · $ .40 546 THREE STAR (Sandeman) $ .40
529 DRY SACK 547 PRESIDENT'S PORT $ .40
(Williams & Humbert) $ .40 548 FONSECA, VINTAGE 1920 $ .60
528 GOLDEN DRY (McKenzie) $ .40
*527 MANZANILLA LA GUITA
(very dry) $ .40 Madeira
531 OLD COLONY (Garvey) $ .50
*533 QUE BUENO! AMONTILLADO '$ .40 555 COSSART GORDON $ .40
530 OLD OLOROSO $.50 *556 QUINTA DA PAZ,
532 BRISTOL CREAM (Harvey) $ .50 VINTAGE 1845 $1.00
*A Frank Schoonmaker Selection.
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BRANDY
No. Pony No.
600 BISQUIT DUBOUCHE, 3 STAR $ .40 611 COURVOISIER, 70 years old
601 MONNET, 3 STAR 615 T. HINE, IMPERIALE
(15 years old) $ .40 616 T. HINE, TRIOMPHE
602 CROIZET, 3 STAR $ .40 612 FINE CHAMPAGNE,
603 HENNESSEY, 3 STAR $ .40 CHATEAU DE FLAVILLE,
604 MARTELL, 3 STAR $ .40 B. LEON CROZET 1811
605 GODET $ .40 613 GRANDE FINE CHAM-
606 T. HINE, 5 STAR $ .50 PAGNE, L. HUBERT 1840
607 REMY MARTIN, 20 years old $.50 (Antoine's Centennial
608 COURVOISIER, V. 0. $ .50 Private Reserve)
609 COURVOISIER, 50 years old $ .90 614 GRANDE .RESERVE
610 HENNESSEY, 70 years old $ .90 ARMAGNAC LAFONTAN 1840
L I Q U E U R S and C 0 R D I A L S
All Imported
Bin
No. Pony
Al. ANISETTE $ .40
A2. APRICOT CORDIAL $ .40
A3. BENEDICTINE $ .40
A4. BLACKBERRY CORDIAL $ .40
A5. CHARTREUSE, YELLOW $ .40
A6. CHARTREUSE, GREEN $ .40
A7. CHERRY CORDIAL $ .40
A8. COINTREAU $ .40
A9. CREME DE CASSIS $ .40
AlO. CREME DE CACAO $ .40
All. CREME DE MENTHE, GREEN $ .40
A12. CREME DE MENTHE, WHITE $ .40
A14. CREME DE ROSE $ .40
A15. CREME YVETTE $ .40
A16. DRAMBUIE SCOTCH CORDIAL $ .40
A17. GRAND MARNIER $ .40
Al8. KAMAGUI MEXICAN CORDIAL $ .40
A19. KIRSCH $ .40
A20. KUMMEL $ .40
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Bin
No.
A21. MARASCHINO
A22. ORANGE CURACAO
A23. ORANGE CURACAO,
TRIPLE SEC
A24. PARFAIT AMOUR
A25. PEACH CORDIAL
A26. PRUNELLE
A27. VIEILLE CURE
A28. CORDIAL MEDOC
A29. GOLDWASSER (Gold Flakes)
A30. POUSSE CAFE
Seven different liqueurs
A31. GREEN CURACAO
A32. WHITE CURACAO
A33. CAFE BRULOT DIABOLIQUE,
Coffee burned with Cognac and
Spices
A34. FORBIDDEN FRUIT
Pony
$ .90
$1.25
$.1.25
$1.00
$1.00
$1.00
Pony
$ .40
$ .40
$ .40
$ .40
$ .40
$ .40
$ .40
$ .40
$ .50
$ .60
$ .40
$ .40
$ .50
$· .40
VINTAGE CHART
'20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 '26 '27 '28 '29 '30 '31 '32 '33 '34 '35 '36 '37
Red
Bordeaux 8 6* 3 6 8lf2 3lf2 5 0 8 10 0 2 0 6 9 4 5 9
White
Bordeaux 5 10 4 3 6 2 7 2 8 9 0 1 0 5 8 4 5 9
Red
Burgundy 4 6 0 IO 5 I 5 0 7 10 0 3 1 61/2* 10 6 3 8
White
Burgundy 5 8 5 7 5 I 6 2 9 10 0 4 3 7 10 8 4 9
Champagne 8 10 0 6 4 0 8 0 IO 7 I 1 4 9 8 7 2 8
Rhine 9lf2 IO 0 I I 5 3 4 7 I 4 3 7 9 7 2 9
Moselle 9 IO 0 2 I 4 1 3 0 5 4 2 7 8 9 0 9lf2
9-10=Very great 7-8=Great 5-G=Good 4=Fair 2-3=Poor 0-I = Very Poor
*Uneven
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ANTOINE'S •••
Do You KNOW
THAT THIS YEAR Antoine's Restaurant is celebrating its tOOth year of uninterrupted service
to the gourmets of.the world under three successive generations of the Alciatore family, Founder
Antoine Alciatore, Son Jules Alciatore and Grandson Roy Alciatore and present proprietor.
THAT Antoine's gallery of celebrities contains over two thousand autographs and pictures of
the distinguished visitors who have dined at Antoine's.
THAT besides the main dining room, Antoine's has 15 other dining rooms available for banquets
and private parties of 2 to 200 guests.
THAT the old fashioned W elsbach gas mantles provide the only source of heat in the main dining
room, even in the coldest of winters.
THAT the huge plate glass mirrors in the main dining room were formerly in the Grand Ball
Room of the famous old St. Louis Hotel, and were imported from France.
THAT until a few years ago, sand covered the floor in the main dining room and that saw dust
still covers the floor in Antoine's famous Mystery Room.
THAT the 1840 Room is a reproduction of an original early Antoine's private dining room and
contains oil paintings of Antoine and Mrs. Antoine Alciatore, old menus dating back to the early
1880s and old theatre programs containing Antoine's advertisements as far back as 1852, besides
the original pair of baby shoes worn by the founder of Antoine's.
THAT bus boys must serve an apprenticeship of 10 years before they are eligible to become
waiters, that the present headwaiter has been with Antoine's for 40 years.
THAT the customers' orders are taken without the aid of paper and pencil, and entirely by
memory, and it is seldom that errors or omissions occur.
THAT the Oysters a La Rockefeller at Antoine's were so named because of the extreme richness
of the sauce, because at the time the elder Rockefeller was then the richest man in the world.
THAT Pompano en Papillotte was especially created in honor of a distinguished FrenchBalloonist
who was entertained at Antoine's, the paper bag being fashioned to resemble the inflated gas
bag of a balloon. Its main purpose however is to retain the seductive flavours of the fish while
it is cooking.
THAT over -1,000,000 orders of Oysters a La Rockefeller have been served at Antoine's since 1899
when this dish was invented by Jules Alciatore, and since there are 6 oysters to an order the total
number of actua1 oysters is 6,240,000.
THAT most of the cooking is done with coal on a French Range, which range was purchased a
few years ago to replace its predecessor which had been in continuous use in the Antoine's kitchen
for over 40 years.
THAT the original Marble Mortar, hollowed out from a gigantic piece of stone is still in use at
Antoine's since the founding of the restaurant, and that over a dozen pestles made of Lignum
Vitae, the hardest known wood, have been completely worn down in all of these years, in this
same mortar.
THIS EDITION OF ANTOINE'S CENTENNIAL WINE LIST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY FRANK SCHOONMAKER, TOM
MARVEL AND ALEXIS LICHINE. THE PAPER USED IS DIDOT, MOLD MADE, IMPORTED FROM FRANCE BY THE
THOMAS N. FAIRBANKS CO. DESIGN AND PRINTING ARE THE WORK OF WILLIAM E. RUDGE'S SONS, NEW YORK ·
LES HUITRES EN COQUILLE A LA ROCKEFELLER LE FILET DE POMPANO EN PAPILLOTTE -
LES POMMES DE TERRE SOUFFLEES
LA BISQUE D'ECREVISSES CARDINAL
LE DEMI POULET ROCHAMBEAU
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LE COEUR DE FILET DE BOEUF MARCHAND DE YIN
LA BOUILLABAISSE A LA MARSEILLAISE
LES ESCARGOTS FARCIS A LA BOURGUIGNONNE
LA TRIPE A LA MODE DE CAEN
.. LES CREVETTES REMOULADE
LE GUMBO CREOLE
LE FILET DE TRUITE AMANDINE
LA TERRAPINE A LA ST. ANTOINE
LA SOUPE A L'OIGNON GRATINEE
LES CRABES MOUS FRITS
LE PIGEONNEAU ROYAL SAUCE PARADIS
LES RIZ DE VEAU FINANCIERE
LE FILET DE BOEUF EN CASSEROLE ROBESPIERRE
LES CRABES BUSTER GRILLES MAITRE D'HOTEL
LES CREPES SUZETTE
L'OMELETTE SOUFFLEE HISTORIEE A LA JULES CESAR
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