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Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines By: Henry Vizetelly (1820-1894) |
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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... Continue reading book >>
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