The French Wine and Liquor Manufacturer

The liquor trade's own 1868 handbook — stills, cordials, imitation brandies and how wines were doctored, preserved as printed.

About the Book

1868Published
John RackAuthor
187Receipts

Entered according to Act of Congress in 1868, The French Wine and Liquor Manufacturer was a working manual for the American liquor merchant: distillation, cordials, champagne imitation, and the doctoring of wines, set down without apology.

It is preserved here as a document of the pre-Pure-Food-Act trade. Nothing in it should be acted on.

This edition is built from a dual-engine reading of the original pages, checked against the scans.

This site reproduces the complete text of the original 1868 edition, digitized page by page from the original printing. The book is in the public domain.

Rights & ReuseThe complete text of The French Wine and Liquor Manufacturer (1868) is in the public domain in the United States — like all works published before 1928 — and is free to read, download, quote, teach from, and reuse. This digital edition (its transcription, restored images, and site design) is © 2026 PhotoOpAI, and any editorial commentary we add is clearly marked as ours; the underlying public-domain text carries no such restriction.