Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling WinesVizetelly, Henry
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Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines
Vizetelly, Henry
Champagne (Wine); Sparkling wines; Wine and wine making
The Firm of G. H. Mumm and Co.-- Their Large Shipments to the United
States-- Their Establishments in the Rue Andrieux and the Rue
Coquebert-- Bottle-Washing with Glass Beads-- The Cuvée and the
Tirage-- G. H. Mumm and Co.’s Vendangeoirs at Verzenay-- Their
Various Wines-- The Gate of Mars-- The Establishment of M. Gustave
Gibert on the Site of the Château des Archevêques-- His Cellars in
the Vaults of St. Peter’s Abbey and beneath the old Hôtel des Fermes
in the Place Royale-- Louis XV. and Jean Baptiste Colbert--
M. Gibert’s Wines-- Jules Mumm and Co., and Ruinart père et fils--
House of the Musicians-- The Counts de la Marck-- The Brotherhood of
Minstrels of Reims-- Establishment of Périnet et fils-- Their
Cellars of Three Stories in Solid Masonry-- Their Soft, Light, and
Delicate Wines-- A Rare Still Verzenay-- M. Duchâtel-Ohaus’s
Establishment and Renaissance House-- His Cellars in the Cour St.
Jacques and Outside the Porte Dieu-Lumière.
Messrs. G. H. Mumm and Co. have their chief establishment in the Rue
Andrieux, in an open quarter of the city, facing the garden attached to
the premises of M. Werlé, and only a short distance from the grand
triumphal arch known as the Gate of Mars, by far the most important
Roman remain of which the Champagne can boast. The head of the firm,
Mr. G. H. Mumm, is the grandson of the well-known P. A. Mumm, the large
shipper of hocks and moselles, and is the only surviving partner in the
champagne house of Mumm and Co., established at Reims in 1825, and
joined by Mr. G. H. Mumm so far back as the year 1838. The firm not only
ship their wine largely to England, but head the list of shipments to
the United States, where their brand is held in high repute, with nearly
half a million bottles, being more than twice the quantity shipped by
M. Louis Roederer--who comes third on the list in question--and a fourth
of the entire shipments of champagne to the United States.
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