A HISTORY OF CHAMPAGNE

WITH NOTES ON THE OTHER SPARKLING WINES OF FRANCE.

BY HENRY VIZETELLY,

CHEVALIER OF THE ORDER OF FRANZ-JOSEF, AUTHOR OF ‘THE WINES OF THE WORLD CHARACTERISED AND CLASSED,’ ‘FACTS ABOUT PORT AND MADEIRA,’ ‘FACTS ABOUT CHAMPAGNE AND OTHER SPARKLING WINES,’ ‘FACTS ABOUT SHERRY,’ ETC.

ILLUSTRATED WITH 350 ENGRAVINGS.

LONDON:

VIZETELLY & CO., 42 CATHERINE STREET, STRAND. SCRIBNER & WELFORD, NEW YORK. 1882.

LONDON:

ROBSON AND SONS, PRINTERS, PANCRAS ROAD, N.W.

Condensed Table of Contents

(added by the transcriber)

PREFACE. iv

PART I.

I. Early Renown of the Champagne Wines 1

II. The Wines of the Champagne from the Fourteenth to the Seventeenth Century. 12

III. Invention and Development of Sparkling Champagne. 34

IV. The Battle of the Wines. 47

V. Progress and Popularity of Sparkling Champagne. 57

VI. Champagne in England. 83

PART II.

I. The Champagne Vinelands—The Vineyards of the River. 117

II. The Champagne Vinelands—The Vineyards of the Mountain. 130

III. The Vines of the Champagne and the System of Cultivation. 140

IV. The Vintage in the Champagne. 148

V. he Preparation of Champagne. 154

VI. Reims and its Champagne Establishments. 168

VII. Reims and its Champagne Establishments (continued). 179

VII. Reims and its Champagne Establishments (continued). 188

IX. Epernay. 195

X. The Champagne Establishments of Epernay and Pierry. 205

XI. Some Champagne Establishments at Ay and Mareuil. 217

XII. Champagne Establishments at Avize and Rilly. 229

XIII. Sport in the Champagne. 235

PART III.

I. Sparkling Saumur and Sparkling Sauternes. 241

II. The Sparkling Wines of Burgundy, the Jura, and the South of France. 251

III. Facts and Notes Respecting Sparkling Wines. 258

APPENDIX. 265

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