1879 Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines

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Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines.

round thence t o Cumieres, on the banks of the Marne, finding the vintage in full operation all throughout the route. The vine– yar ds of Cumieres-classed as a second cnl.-join those of H aut– viller s on the one side and Damery on the other-the latt er a cosy little river-side village, where the "ban R oi H enri" sought relaxa~ tion from the turmoils of war in the society of the fair Anne du Puy-" sa belle liOtesse," as the gallant Bearnais was wont to style her. Damery t oo claims t o be the birthplace of Adrienne Le– couvreur , the celebrated actress of the Regency, and mistress of the Marechal de Saxe who coaxed her out of her £30,000 of savings to enable him to prosecute his suit with the obese Anna I wanowna, niece of P eter the Great, which, had he only been suc– cessful in, would have secured the future hero of F ontenoy the coveted dukedom of Courland. The vineyards of tlae Cote d'Epernay, south of the Marne, extend eastward from beyond Bom sault, on whose wooded height Madame Clicquot built her fine cMt eau , in which. h er grand-