1879 Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines

In May, 1879, will b~ Published, Handsomel;y printed, in IJemy 4to, =d Elegantly bou111d,

A HISTORY OF CHAMPAGNE, WITH NOTES ON OTHER SPARKLING WINES. BY HENRY VIZETELLY. ILLUSTRATED Wl'l!H 250 ENGRAVINGS FROM ORIGINAL SOURCES. CONTENTS.· PART I. I. Enrly Renomi of the Champagne Wines. II. The Wines of the Champagne from the Fourteenth to the Seventeenth, Century. III. Invention and Development of Sparkling Wine. IV. The Battle of the Wines under Louis Quatorze and Louis Quinze. V. The Progress of Sparkling Wine. VI. The Introduction of Champagne into England. VII. Universal Popularity of the Wine. PART II. VIII. The Vines and Vineyards of the Champagne. IX. The Champagne Vintage. X. The Preparation of Champagne. XI. Reims, the Capital of the Champagne, and its Spnrkling Wine Cellars.- XII. Epernay and its Champagne Establishments. XIII. Ay, Mareuil, Avize, and Chalons. XIV. Sport in the Champagne. PART III. XV. Sparkling Saumur and Sparkling Sauternes. XVI. Sparkling Wines of the Enst and South of France. XVI!. Sparkling Wines of Germany. XVIII. Sparkling Wines of Austro-Hungary, Switzerland, Italy, Spa.in, Russia and the United States. . XIX. Hints to Consumers of Sparkling Wines.

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