1879 Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines

STATUE OF LOUI S XIII. ON Tilll RBIMS HOTEL Dll VILLE

V .Il.-THE REIMS E STABLISHMENTS (contin·uecl). 'rhe Firm of G. H. Mumm aud Co.-Their Large Shipments to the United States-Their Establishments in the Rue Andrieux and the Rue Coque– bert-Bottle-Wushing with Glass Beads-The Cuvee and the Tirage– G. H. Mumm and Co.'s Vendangeoirs at Verzenay-Their Various Wines -The Gate of Mars-The Establishment of M. Gustave Gibert on tbe Site of the Chatean des Archev~ques-His Cellars in the Vaults of St. Peter's Abbey and beneath the old I-Illtel des Permes in the P lace Roynle -Louis XV. and J ean Baptiste Colbert-M. Gibert's Wines-Jules Mumm and Co., and Ruinart pere et fils- House of the Musicians-The Counts de la Marek-The Brotherhood of :\:linstrels of Reims- Establish– m~nt of Perinet et fils-Their Cellars of Three Stories in Solid Masonry– Their Soft, Light, and Delicate Wines- A Rare Still Verzenay– M. Duch!ttel-Ohaus's Establishment and Renaissance House-His Cellars in the Cour St. J acques 11.nd Outside the Porte Dieu-Lumiere. MESSRS. G. H. MUMM A.ND Co. have t heir chief establishment in the RueAndrieux, in an open quarter of the city, facing the garden attached to the premises of M.. Werle, and only a short distance from the grand triumphal arch known as the Gate of Mars, by far the most important Roman remain of which the