James McCall and Son

MESSRS. JAMES McCALL & SON, Wholesale Wine Merchants, 98, West George Street, Glasgow.

    To connoisseurs of good wine the firm of James McCall and Son, Glasgow, are well known for their reputation, are not confined to the city in which they carry on business, but extend all over Scotland and England. Considering the area of their operations, it is certainly significant that a considerable proportion of their trade should be with private customers, for this implies that their wide connection is founded upon the appreciation of the wines they supply to their clients, who, in turn, have proved the most effective advertisers of the firm’s resources and reliability.

    This very extensive family trade is, however, supplemented by an excellent connection with high-class clubs. Frequenters of these, as they themselves will admit, are never more fastidious than in respect of the wines supplied at the clubs where they are accustomed to take their ease ; and the fact that Messrs. McCall and Son’s connection continues to develop e proves that they have hitherto given unabated satisfaction in complying with the most exacting requirements. The firm is an old-established one, having been founded in 1822 by the late Mr. James McCall, who was succeeded by his son Mr. James McCall and Mr. Samuel McCall (cousin). These gentlemen have been long identified with the trade.

    They make a speciality of old wines, of which they have a large stock, and in respect of these their establishment is famous. Their stock includes a great variety of ports and sherries, Amontillado, Montilla, Manzanilla, Madeira, Marsala and Carcavella, Claret, Burgundy, Chablis, Sauterne, Hock, Steinwein, arid Moselle ; sweet wines, such as Rota Tent and Muscatel — varieties adapted to sacramental purposes. The firm’s sparkling wines include Champagne, Moselle, Hock, and Saumur. The resources of this establishment, moreover, include the choicest liqueurs, such as Cu£aroa, Noyau, Maraschino, Kummel, Chartreuse, Benedictine, Trappistine, Golden water, Anisette, Parfait Amour, Kirchenwasser, Miranda, and cherry brandy. Of spirits, every variety of brandy, rum, gin, and whisky is kept, and the firm’s comprehensive stock embraces such specialities as Hungarian wines, Jamaica rum, shrub and Ginger wine. Here, therefore, is an infinitely varied stock to choose from suited to all requirements — suited to the most modest or the most Epicurean tastes. The premises where this select and important business is carried on comprise large cellars and stores for bottling, packing, &c., extending right round to West Nile Street. Above are the counting house, private office, and sampling room.

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