1879 Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines

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Champagne and Othe'I' Sparkling Wines.

too, are large, oval, and juicy, and marked - by a strong musky aroma. Of the white, or rather pale-coloured grapes-for their hue is. usually a r eddish one-used for sparkling wines, the principal is the catawba, also of the labrusca variety. The branches are large and tolerably compact ; the berries, too, are above the :i;n;edium size, and have a rich vinous and pronounced mus1..-y :flavour. Other so-called white species of grapeR are the diana and the iona, both of them seedlings of the catawba; the delaware, the bunches of which are rather small but compact,. the berries round, extremely juicy and fresh-tasting, but sweet and aromatic, the wine produced from which is not ed for its fragrant bouquet; and, lastly, the walter, a variety obtained by crossing the delaware with the diana. The bunches and berries of the walter are of medium size ; the flavour, like that of the clelaware, is sweet and aromatic ; and the grape is, moreover, remarkable for its agreeable bouquet. The vintage usually commences about the end of September or the commencement of October, antJ. the grapes, after being carefully sorted, are run through a small mill, which breaks the