1895 Mixed Drinks by Herbert W Green

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MIXED DRINKS.

The name champagne is also applied in a general way to effervescent wines wherever made; as,California champagne,Swiss champagne,etc. Marne and Haute-Marne supply the greater por tion of this description of wine, Marne producing the best qualities. The principal vineyards are at Ay, Dizy,Hautvillers and Mareuil,on the right bank of the river, and at Pierry and Moussy on the left. To the south of these are those of Avize,Cramant,and Vertus. The vineyards of the mountains include those of Ver- zenay, Sillery, Rilly-en-Montagne and Bouzy. *■ The sparkling champagnes are made from both the white and red grapes, carefully pressed and the wine is of an amber color, more or less deep according to the vintage and to the proportion of black grapes used. The grapes are pressed in a large pressoir, the first press ing yielding the best quality, the second and third being proportionately inferior. The vintage usually takes place the first week in October, the young wines being left to ferment in the casks until winter, when the first raking takes place, which operation is repeated a month later, when the wines are fined previously to being put into bottles. The wines of the various growths are mixed in the proportions desired, and a certain quantity of old wine is added. If the wine is deficient in sac-