1879 Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines

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Fathers- The Yield of the Missicu Vineyards-The Monster Vine of the Montecito Valley- Tim Catawba Vi~e and its General Cultivation - Mr. Longworth one of·t he Founders of American Viticultmc– Fresh Attempts to mak e Sparkling Wine at Cincinnati- E xisting Sparkling Wine Manufactures there-Longfellow's Song in Praise of Catawba- The Kelley I sland Wine Company-Vintaging and Treat – ment of their Sparkling Wines-Decrease of Consumption- The Vine– yards of Hammondsport-Varieties of Grapes used for Sparkling Wines- The Vintage- After-Treatment of the Wines-The P leasant Valley and Urbana Wine Companies and their Various Brands- CnJi– fornian Sparkling Wines-The Buena Vista Vinicultural Society of San Francisco- Its Early Failm es and E\'entual Success in l\fanufac – tnring Sparkling "\Vines-The Vintage in California - Cbiuese Vin– tagers- How the Wine is l\Iade- Americnn Spurious Sparkling Wiues 203 Drj· and Sweet Champagnes- Their Sparkling Properties- Form of Champagne Glasses- Style of Sparkling Wines Consumed in Different Countries-The Colour and Alcoholic Streugth of Champagne-Cham– pagne Approved of by the Faculty-Its Use in Nervous Derangements - The I cing of Champagne-Scar city of Grand Vintages in the Cham– pagne-The Quality of t he Wine bas little influence on the Price– Prices realised by the Ay and Ver zena.y Crus in Grand Year s- Sug– gestions for laying clown Champagnes of Grand Vintages- The Im– provement they Develop after a few Years- The Wine of 187'1- Thc proper kind of Cellar to lay down Champagne in- Advantages of Burrow's Patent Slider Wine Bins- Increase in the Consumptiou of Champagne- Tabular Statement of Stocks, E xports, and H ome Cou– sumption from 1844-5 to 1877-8-When to Ser ve Champague at a Dinner P arty- Charles Dickens's dictum that its proper place is at a Ball-Advantageous Effect of Champagne at nu Ordinary British Dinner P ar ty- Sparkling Wine Cups . . 213 XX.-C ONCLUDING FACTS AND H INTS.

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THE PRINCIPAL S PARKLING WINE BRANDS