1879 Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines

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Champagne and Other Spcirlcling Wines.

the capital of Belgic Gaul. Close at hand, and almost under the walls of the old fortifications, is a grotto to which an ancient origin is likewise ascribed. In another minute we reach · the open iron gates of Messrs. Pommery's establishme:it, flanked by a picturesque pol ter's lodge, and proceeding up a broad drive alight under a Gothic port.ico at the entrance ~o. ·the spacious and lofty cellier. Iron columns support the ro'of of this vast hall, at one end of which is the office and tasting– room, provided with a telegraphic apparatus by means of which communication is carried on with the Reims bureaux. Stacke1 up on every side of the cellier, and when empty often in eigllt tiers, are rows upon rows of casks, 4,000 of which contain wine of the last vintage, sufficient for a million bottles of cham.