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and to mark every inn where he should find good and palatable wine, with the word Est (is). Now, one day he came to Monte Fiasco, and was so delighted with the beverage he found there, that he marked on the en- trance door of the inn: "Est, Est, Est" The bishop came, remained there, and drank himself to a blessed death. Less known, but not less interesting, is the following story which, however, seems to be in little accordance with the historical facts we put down in regard to cham- pagne wines. Emperor Wenzel (1378-1400) came to Rheims in the year 1397 to make a treaty with Charles VI. of France. He found the wine that grew in the vicinity superior to all others; on its account he de- layed the treaty, and when, finally, it was agreed upon he could not yet possibly make up his mind to leave the so hospitable city of Rheims, but devoted another entire year to the study of the wines of the neigh- borhood. Besides the discrimination of wines, according to their color, into red and white ones, we may divide them also as follows: I. Sweet, or so-called liquor wines. 2. Acidulous wines. 3. Tannic wines. 4. Al- coholic wines. 5. Sparkling wines. We do not intend to bore the kind reader by enumerating the hundreds of brands both in this coun- try and in Europe; we want only to show how, at a dinner, wines should be combined with the different courses. For every two to four guests a bottle of red