Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines

by Henry Vizetelly

Firms and Wholesale Agents.	Brands.	Qualities.	On side of Corks.
AYALA & CO., Ay Ayala, 7, Little Tower Street, London Rinck & Unger, 50, Park Place, New York		Carte Blanche	Extra.
		Carte Noire	Première.
		Second
BINET FILS & CO., Reims Rutherford & Browne, Old Trinity House, 5, Water Lane,London.		Extra	Binet fils & Cie.
		First Second	” ”
BOLLINGER, J., Ay. L. Mentzendorf, 6, Idol Lane, London. E. and J. Burke, 40, Beaver Street, New York.		Very Dry Extra	Very Dry Extra quality.
		Dry Extra	Dry Extra quality.
BRUCH-FOUCHER & CO., Mareuil L. Ehrmann, 34, Gt. Tower Street, London.		Carte D’Or First Second
CLICQUOT-PONSARDIN, Veuve, Reims (WERLE& CO.) Fenwick, Parrot, & Co., 124, Fenchurch Street, London. Schmidt Bros., New York.		Dry	England.
		Rich	”
DE CAZANOVE, C., Avize J. R. Hunter, 46, Fenchurch Street, London		Extra	Extra qualité.
		First Second Third Fourth
		Fifth
DEUTZ & GELDERMANN, Ay J. R. Parkington & Co., 21, Crutched Friars, London.		Gold Lack (Extra Dry and Dry)	Gold Lack.
		Cabinet (Extra Dry and Dry)	Cabinet.
DUCHATEL-OHAUS, Reims Woellworth & Co., 70, Mark Lane, London		Carte Blanche (Dry and Rich) Verzenay (Dry and Rich) Sillery (Dry and Rich)
DUMINY & CO., Ay Mogford, Courtenay, & Co., 16, Mark Lane, London Anthony Oechs, New Street, New York		Extra	Maison fondée en 1814.
		First
FARRE, CHARLES, Reims Hornblower & Co., 50, Mark Lane, London Gilmore & Gibson, Baltimore Mel & Sons, San Francisco		Cabinet (Grand Vin)	Cabinet Grand Vin.
		Carte Blanche	Carte Blanche.
		Carte Noire	Carte Noire.
		Sillery Sec	Sillery Sec.
		Sillery	Sillery.
		Ay Mousseux	Ay.
[FISSE, THIRION, & Co., Reims] Stallard and Smith, 25, Philpot Lane, London		Cachet d’Or (Extra Dry and Medium Dry)	Cachet d’Or.
		Carte Blanche (Dry, Medium Dry, and Rich)	Carte Blanche.
See [author’scorrection].		Carte Noire (Dry and Medium Dry).	Carte Noire.
[GIBERT, GUSTAVE, Reims] Cock, Russell, & Co., 63,Great Tower Street, London Hays & Co., 40, Day Street, New York		Vin du Roi
		Extra
		First
		Second
All these wines are prepared Extra Dry, Dry, or Rich.		Third
GIESLER & CO., Avize F. Giesler & Co., 32, Fenchurch Street, London. Purdy & Nicholas, 43, Beaver Street, New York		Extra Superior
		India	India.
		First
		Second
		Third
HEIDSIECK & CO., Reims. Theodor Satow & Co., 141, Fenchurch Street, London Schmidt & Peters, 20, Beaver Street, New York		Dry Monopole. Monopole (Rich) Dry Vin Royal Grand Vin Royal (Rich)
IRROY, ERNEST, Reims. Cuddeford & Smith, 66, Mark Lane, London O. de Saye,18, South William Street, New York W. E. Hepp,101, Gravier Street, New Orleans		Carte d’Or, Dry	Carte d’Or, Sec.
		Carte d’Or	Carte d’Or.
KRUG & Co., Reims Inglis and Cunningham, 60, Mark Lane, London A. Rocherau & Co., New York Hillman Bros. & Co., San Francisco		Carte Blanche	Carte Blanche, England.
		Private Cuvée	Private Cuvée, England.
		First	England.
		Second
MOËT & CHANDON, Epernay Simon & Dale, Old Trinity House, 5, Water Lane, London, Agentsfor Great Britain and the Colonies Renauld, François, & Co., 23, Beaver Street, New York J. Hope & Co., Montreal		Brut	Imperial, England.
		Creaming	Creaming, England.
		Extra Superior	Extra Superior, England.
		Extra Dry Sillery
		White Dry Sillery	White Dry, England.
		First Quality	England.
		Second Quality
MONTEBELLO, DUC DE, Mareuil-sur-Ay John Hopkins & Co., 26, Crutched Friars, London Cazade, Crooks, & Reynaud, 25, South William St., N.Y.		Cuvée Extra	Cuvée Extra.
		Carte Blanche	Reserve.
		Carte Bleue	Cte. Bleue.
		Carte Noire	Cte. Noire.
MUMM, G. H., & CO., Reims W. J. and T. Welch, 10, Corn Exchange Chambers, Seething Lane,London F. de Bary & Co., 41 and 43, Warren Street, New York		Carte Blanche	Cuvée Extra.
		Extra Dry	Extra Dry.
		Extra	Extra.
		First	First.
		For America only.
		Cordon Rouge	Cordon Rouge.
		Extra Dry	Extra Dry.
		Dry Verzenay	Dry Verzenay.
MUMM, JULES, & CO., Reims Jules Mumm & Co., 3 & 4, Mark Lane, London		Extra Dry Dry
PÉRINET & FILS, Reims John Barnett & Son, 36, Mark Lane, London Wood, Pollard, & Co., Boston, U.S. Hooper and Donaldson, San Francisco		Cuvée Réservée (Extra Dry)	Cuvée Reservée.
		White Dry Sillery	White Dry Sillery.
PERRIER-JOUËT & CO., Epernay A. Boursot & Co., 9, Hart Street, Crutched Friars, London		Cuvée de Réserve	Extra
		Pale Dry Creaming First
		Second
		Third
PIPER, H., & CO., Reims (KUNKELMANN& CO.) W. Foster Newton & Son, 3, Maiden Lane, E.C., London John Osborn, Son, & Co., New York and Montreal		Très-Sec (Extra Dry) Sec (Very Dry) Carte Blanche (Rich)	Kunkelmann & Co.
PFUNGST FRÈRES & CIE., Ay,Epernay J. L. Pfungst & Co., 23, Crutched Friars, London		Carte d’Or (Dry, Extra Dry, and Brut)	Carte d’Or.
		Sillery Crêmant (Extra Dry and Brut)	Sillery Crêmant.
		Carte Noire (Dry, Extra Dry, and Brut)	Carte Noire.
		Cordon Blanc (Full, Dry, and Extra Dry)	Cordon Blanc.
POL ROGER & CO., Epernay Reuss, Lauteren, & Co., 39, Crutched Friars, London		Vin Réservé.
POMMERY, VEUVE, Reims (POMMERY & GRENO) A. Hubinet, 24, Mark Lane, London Charles Graef, 65, Broad Street, New York		Extra Sec (Vin Brut)	Veuve Pommery.
		Sec
ROEDERER, LOUIS, Reims Grainger & Son, 108, Fenchurch Street, London		Carte Blanche	Reims, Carte Blanche, Gt.-Britain.
ROEDERER, THÉOPHILE, & CO., MAISON FONDÉE EN 1861, Reims Théophile Roederer & Co., 150, Fenchurch Street, London		Crystal Champagne, Special Cuvée	Special Cuvée.
		Extra Reserve Cuvée	Reserve Cuvée.
		Extra Superior Carte Blanche Dorée	Carte Blanche Dorée
		Extra Quality Carte Blanche	Carte Blanche.
		First Quality Carte Noire	Carte Noire.
		Verzenay	Verzenay.
ROUSSILLON, J., & CO., Epernay J. Roussillon & Co., 15, New Broad Street, London D. St. Amant & Son, 13, South William Street, New York		First Cuvée Second Cuvée Dry Verzenay
		Sillery Sec	1874 Extra Sec.
RUINART, PÈRE ET FILS, Reims Ruinart, Père et Fils, 22, St. Swithin’s Lane, London		Carte Anglaise Dry Pale Crêmant Extra Dry Sparkling Carte Blanche First
[DE SAINT-MARCEAUX & CO., Reims] Groves &, Co., 5, Mark Lane, London Hermann Batjer & Bro., New York		Vin Brut
		Carte d’Or (Extra Dry)	Very dry.
		Bouzy Nonpareil (Dry)	Vin Sec.
		Carte Blanche (Medium)
		Second (Medium)
See [author’scorrections].		Third (id.) For America only. Dry Royal

[ SAUMUR AND SAUTERNES.]

Firms and Wholesale Agents.	Brands.	Qualities.	On side of Corks.
ACKERMAN-LAURANCE, St. Florent,Saumur J. N. Bishop, 41, Crutched Friars, London Timothy Stevens, 29, Beaver Street, New York Chapin and Gore, 70, Monroe Street, Chicago		Carte d’Or	Carte d’Or.
		Carte Rose	Carte Rose.
		Carte Bleue	Carte Bleue.
		Carte Noire	Carte Noire.
DUVAU, LOUIS, Aîné, Château de Varrains,Saumur Jolivet and Canney, 3, Idol Lane, London		Carte d’Or, Extra Superior Carte d’Argent, Extra Carte Blanche, Superior Carte Rose, Ordinary
LORRAIN, JULES, Château De la Côte, Varrains,near Saumur J. Lorrain, 73, Great Tower Street, London		Carte d’Or Carte Blanche Carte Rose Carte Bleue
ROUSTEAUX, A., St. Florent, Saumur Cock, Russell, & Co., 63, Great Tower Street, London I. H. Smith’s Sons, Peck Slip, New York Law, Young, & Co., Montreal		Extra
		First
		Second
		Third Sparkling Vouvray, Superior Sparkling Vouvray
NORMANDIN, E., & CO., Châteauneuf-sur-Charente P. A. Maignen, 22, Great Tower Street, London		Sparkling Sauternes (Extra Dry) Sparkling Sauternes (Dry)

[ BURGUNDIES.]

Firms and Wholesale Agents.	Brands.	Qualities.
ANDRÉ & VOILLOT, Beaune Cock, Russell, & Co., 63, Great Tower Street, London P. W. Engs and Sons, 131, Front Street, New York		Romanée (White) Nuits (do.) Volnay (do.) Saint-Péray Pink and Red Wines
LATOUR, LOUIS, Beaune Reuss, Lauteren, & Co., 39, Crutched Friars, London		Romanée (White) Nuits (do.) Volnay (do.) Saint-Péray (do.) Chambertin (Red) Nuits (do.) Volnay (do.)
LIGER-BELAIR, COMTE, Nuits and Vôsne Fenwick, Parrot, & Co., 124, Fenchurch Street, London		Carte d’Or (White) Carte Noire (do.) Carte Verte (do.) Carte Noire (Red) Carte Blanche (do.)

[ HOCKS AND MOSELLES.]

Firms and Wholesale Agents.	Brands.	Qualities.
DEINHARD & CO., Coblenz Deinhard & Co., 6, Idol Lane, London H. G. Schmidt & Co., 38, Beaver Street, New York		First
		Second
		Third
EWALD & CO., Rudesheim-on-Rhine Simon and Dale, Old Trinity House, 5, Water Lane, London		Sparkling Hock Nonpareil (Extra Dry and Dry) Sparkling Moselle Muscatel Nonp. (Dry) Sparkling Moselle (Nonp.) Scharzberg (Dry)
HOCHHEIM ASSOCIATION, Hochheim-on-Maine F. Class & Co., 31, Crutched Friars, London		Sparkling and Creaming Johannisberg Hochheim First (White or Red) Do. Second (do.) Do. Third (do.) Do. Fourth (do.) Hocks and Moselles Nonpareil First Second Third
		Fourth
KESSLER, G. C., & CO., Esslingen George Saurmann, 7, Cross Lane, St. Mary-at-Hill, London		Kaiser Wein Sparkling Hock Do. Neckar
LAUTEREN, C. SOHN, Mayence Reuss, Lauteren, & Co., 39, Crutched Friars, London		Sparkling Johannisberg Hock No. 1 Do. No. 2 Do. No. 3 Moselle, Dry, No. 1 Do. No. 2 Do. No. 3 Moselle, Muscatel, No. 1 Do. No. 2 Do. No. 3
MÜLLER, MATHEUS, Eltville M. Muller, 15, Philpot Lane, London		Flower of Sparkling Johannisberg Sparkling Johannisberg Pearl of the Moselle Extra Superior Moselle Nonpareil Sparkling Moselle Nonpareil Sparkling Hock Fine Sparkling do. Fine Sparkling Moselle Sparkling Assmannshäuser, Superior (Red) Sparkling Assmannshäuser (do.)
		Sparkling Hock (Ordinary) Sparkling Moselle (do.)
OPPMANN, MICHAEL, Würzburg		Franconia Wine: Nonpareil Stein Wine Blue Label White Label Sparkling Moselle, First Do. do., Second Do. Hock, First Do. do., Second
SILIGMÜLLER, F. A., Würzburg		Cabinet (On side of cork:) Cabinet.
		Carte d’Or Carte Blanche Carte Noire
STÖCK, JOS, & SÖHNE, Creuznach John Barnett & Son, 36, Mark Lane, London		Johnnnisberg, supr. Scharzberg, do. Johannisberg, ordin. Scharzberg, do. Hock, superior Moselle, do. Hock, ordin. Moselle, do. Red Hock, First Do., Second Do., Third Do., Fourth

[ STYRIAN, HUNGARIAN, AND SWISS WINES.]

Firms and Wholesale Agents.	Brands.	Qualities.
KLEINOSCHEG BROTHERS, Graz, Styria Davis and Littlewood, 4 and 5, Botolph Lane, London		Dry Pale Styrian Muscat Champagne. Dry Pale Styrian Champagne Sparkling Burgundy (Red)
HUBERT & HABERMANN, Pressburg, Hungary C. O. Pattenhausen, 40, Great Tower Street, London		Sparkling White Sparkling Red (Carlovitz)
DE RIEDMATTEN, DE QUAY, & CIE., Sion, Valais, Switzerland		Carte Verte, Glacier du Rhône Carte Blanche, Mont-Blanc

[ AMERICAN WINES.]