1879 Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines

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Champagne and Other Spcirl.;,ling Wines.

H ere and in an adjoining house the canon s of the Cathedral were accust omed t o reside in the days when four-fifths of Reims belonged to the Church. From the garden we enter a capacious cellier where the blending and bottling of the wine takes place, and in the neigh– bouring packing-room encounter a scor e of workpeople :filling, securing, and branding a number of cases about t o be despatched by rail. · From the cellier .we pass to t he cellars situated imme–

diat ely underneath ,an cl which, capaciou s though they are, do not suffice for M. Duch tttel's st ock, portions of which are st ored in some ancient vaults near t h e market-place, andin th el{.ue de Vesle behind the church of St. J acques. This church, originally built