1879 Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines

CONV:EYING GRAPES TO THE PRESS AT SAINT·PERAY.

XV.-THE SPARKLING WINES OF THE SOUTH OF FRANCE. Spa.rkling Wines of .A.uvergne, Gnienne, Dauphiue, aucl Lauguedoc-Sparkling Saiut-Peray the Champagne of the South-Valence with its Reminiscences of Pius VI. aucl Napoleou !.-The "Horns of Crnssol" ou the Banks of the Rh6ne-Vintage Scene at Saint-Peray-The Vines and Viueya.rds Producing Sparkling Wine-Manipulation of Sparkling Saint-Peray-Its Abundance of Natural Sugar-The Cellars of M. cle Saint-Prix ancl Samples of his Wines-Sparkling C6te-Rotie, Chateau-Grille, ancl H ermitage- J I Annual Production ancl Principal Markets of Sparkling Saint-Peray– Clairette cle Die-The Porte Rouge of Die Cathedral-How the Die Wine is Macle-The Sparkling White and Rose-Coloured Muscatels of Die-Sparkling Wines of Vercheny ::md Lagrasse-Baruave and the Royal Flight to Varennes-Narbonne formerly a MiniatUl·e Rome, now Notecl merely for its Wine and Honey-F~te of the Black Virgin at Limoux-Preference given to the New Wine over the Miraculous W atei· -Blanquette of Limoux and How it is Made- Characteristics of this Overrated Wine. SPARKLING wines are made after a fashion·in several of the southern provinces of France-in Auver gne, at Clermont-Fer– r and, under the shadow of the lofty Puy de Dome ; in Guienne, a.t Astaffort, the scene of a bloody engagement during the