1879 Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines

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PAGE. Wine from the Champagne with the finer Spn.rkling Saumw·-His Vineyard at L,t Perriere-M. R Normandin's Sparkling Sauternes l\fanufactory at Chll.teauneuf- .A.ngoul&me and its Ancient Fortifica– tions-Yin de Colombar-1\I. Normandin's Sparkling Sauternes Cuvee -His Cellars near Ch!teauneuf-High recognition accorded to the Wine at the Concours Regional d'AngouMme . 139

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XIV.-THE SPARKLING WINES OF B URGUND Y

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:Sparkling Wines of.the C6te d'Or at the Paris Exhibition-Chambertin, Romance, and Vongeot--Burgundy Wines and Vines formerly the Pre– sents of Princes-Vintaging Sparkling Burgundies-Their After- 1'reatment in the Cellars-Excess of Breakage-Similarity of Prn– ceeding to that followed in the Champagne-Principal Manufacturers of Sparkling Burgundies- Sparkling Wines of Tonnerre, the birth– place of the Chevalier d'Eon-The Vin d'Arbaune of Bar-sur-Aube– Death there of the Bastard de Bourbon-Madame de la l\fotte's Osten– tatious Display and Arrest there- Sparkling Wiues of the Beaujolais -The Mont-Brouilly Vineyards-Ancient Reputation of the Wines of the Jura-The Vin J aune of .A.rbois beloved of H enri Quatre-Rhymes by him in its Honour-Lons-le-Saulnier-Vineyards yielding the Sparkling Jura Wines-Their Vintaging imd Subsequent Treatment- Their High Alcoholic Strength and General Drawbacks 137 .Sparkling Wines of Auvergne, Guienne, Dauphin&, and Languedoc– Sparkling Saint-Peray the Champagne of the South-Valence with its Reminiscences of Pius VI. and Napoleon !.-The "Horns of Crnssol" on the Banks of the Rh6ne-Vintage Scene at Saint-Peray-The Vines and Vineyards Producing Sparkling Wine-Manipulation of Sparkling Saint-Peray-Its Abundance of Natw-al Sugar-The Cellars of M. de Saint-Prix and Samples of his Wines-Sparkling Cilte-Rotie, Chll.teau– Grille, and Hermitage-Annual Production and Principal Markets o Sparkling Saint-Peray-Clairette de Die-The Porte Rouge of Die Cathedral-How the Die Wine is Made-The Sparkling White and Rose-Coloured Muscatels of Die- Sparkling Wines of Vercheny and LaoTasse-Barnave and the Royal Plight to Varenncs-Narbonnc for~erly a Miniature Rome, rr w Noted merely for its Wine and Honey -F~te of the Bln.ck Virgin at ,Limoux-Preference given to the Ne1v Wine over the Miraculous Water- Blanquette of Limoux and Row it is Made-Characteristics of this Qyerrated \Vine 1 G:> X V.-THE SPARKLING WINES OF THE SOUTH OF FRANCE.

XVI.-THE SPARKLING \VINES OF GERl\IANY .

•Origin of Sparkling Hock and Moselle-Sparkling German \ Vin es Fi1·st Made on the Neclrn.r-Heilbronn, aml Gotz von Berlichingen of t he Iron Hand- Lanteren of Mayence and Ramhs of T1·eves tum tlici1· attention to Sparkling Wines-Change of late years in t he CharactCl·