Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines

Facts About Champagne and
Other Sparkling
by Henry
Vizetelly

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[Illustration: THE DISGORGING, LIQUEURING, CORKING,
STRINGING, AND WIRING OF CHAMPAGNE (Frontispiece)]

FACTS ABOUT CHAMPAGNE
and
OTHER SPARKLING WINES,
Collected During Numerous Visits to the Champagne and Other
Viticultural Districts of France, and the Principal Remaining
Wine-Producing Countries of Europe.
by
HENRY VIZETELLY,
Chevalier of the Order of Franz Josef. Wine Juror for Great Britain at
the Vienna and Paris Exhibitions of 1873 and 1878. Author of "The
Wines of the World Characterized and Classed," &c.
WITH ONE HUNDRED AND TWELVE ILLUSTRATIONS, Drawn
by Jules Pelcoq, W. Prater, Bertall, etc., From Original Sketches.

London: Ward, Lock, and Co., Salisbury Square. 1879.

This little book scarcely needs a preface, as it speaks sufficiently for
itself. It is for the most part the result of studies on the spot of
everything of interest connected with the various sparkling wines
which it professes to describe. Neither pains nor expense have been
spared to render it both accurate and complete, and the large number of
authentic engravings with which it is illustrated will conduce, it is
hoped, to its value.

Uniform with the present work and the Author's "Facts About Sherry,"
FACTS ABOUT PORT AND MADEIRA,
Including Chapters on the Wines Vintaged Around Lisbon and the
Wines of Teneriffe.
Illustrated with 80 Engravings from Original Sketches.

CONTENTS.
PAGE. I.--THE ORIGIN OF CHAMPAGNE.
The Early Vineyards of the Champagne-- Their Produce esteemed by
Popes and Kings, Courtiers and Prelates-- Controversy regarding the
rival Merits of the Wines of Burgundy and the Champagne-- Dom
Perignon's happy Discovery of Sparkling Wine-- Its Patrons under
Louis Quatorze and the Regency-- The Ancient Church and Abbey of
Hautvillers-- Farre and Co.'s Champagne Cellars-- The Abbey of St.
Peter now a Farm-- Existing Remains of the Monastic Buildings-- The
Tombs and Decorations of the Ancient Church-- The Last
Resting-Place of Dom Perignon-- The Legend of the Holy Dove--
Good Champagne the Result of Labour, Skill, Minute Precaution, and
Careful Observation 9

II.--THE VINTAGE IN THE CHAMPAGNE. THE VINEYARDS OF
THE RIVER.
Ay, the Vineyard of Golden Plants-- Summoning the Vintagers by Beat
of Drum-- Excitement in the Surrounding Villages-- The Pickers at
Work-- Sorting the Grapes-- Grapes Gathered at Sunrise the Best--
Varieties of Vines in the Ay Vineyards-- Few of the Growers in the
Champagne Crush their own Grapes-- Squeezing the Grapes in the
"Pressoir" and Drawing off the Must-- Cheerful Glasses Round-- The
Vintage at Mareuil-- Bringing in the Grapes on Mules and Donkeys--
The Vineyards of Avenay, Mutigny, and Cumières-- Damery and
Adrienne Lecouvreur, Maréchal de Saxe, and the obese Anna
Iwanowna-- The Vineyards of the Côte d'Epernay-- Boursault and its
Château-- Pierry and its Vineyard Cellars-- The Clos St. Pierre--
Moussy and Vinay-- A Hermit's Cave and a Miraculous Fountain--
Ablois St. Martin-- The Côte d'Avize-- The Grand Premier Crû of
Cramant-- Avize and its Wines-- The Vineyards of Oger and Le
Mesnil-- The Old Town of Vertus and its Vine-clad Slopes-- Their Red
Wine formerly celebrated 20
III.--THE VINEYARDS OF THE MOUNTAIN.
The Wine of Sillery-- Origin of its Renown-- The Maréchale d'Estrées
a successful Marchande de Vin-- From Reims to Sillery-- Failure of the
Jacquesson Vineyards-- Château of Sillery-- Wine Making at M.
Fortel's-- Sillery sec-- The Vintage and Vendangeoirs at Verzenay--
The Verzy Vineyards-- Edward III. at the Abbey of St. Basle-- From
Reims to Bouzy-- The Herring Procession at St. Remi-- Rilly, Chigny,
and Ludes-- The Knights Templars' "Pot" of Wine-- Mailly and the
View over the Plains of the Champagne-- Wine Making at Mailly-- The
Village in the Wood-- Village and Château of Louvois--
Louis-le-Grand's War Minister-- Bouzy, its Vineyards and Church
Steeple, and the Lottery of the Great Gold Ingot-- MM. Werlé's