Note 206 — PART I. (continued 2)

Louis Perrier’s Mémoire sur le Vin de Champagne. The pretended secret of Dom Perignon, quoted from the Mémoire of 1718, and mentioning the addition of sugar to the wine of Hautvillers, is flatly contradicted by Dom Grossart’s letter to M. Dherbès (see page 41 ante). But it is probable that the suggestion thus made public was acted upon, though at first only timidly.