The Sun.
London, England, 1863-11-17 00:00:00

FRENCH NEW WINES.

New wine is arriving in large
so more ire-
market of Bercy, and sales are be quantities
at
the
pent, The wines arrived from the
are of excellent quality, and are much
bth of France
sought for
to mix with lighter wines. The quality of
h
wines arrived from Lower Burgundy is natte new
rally approved. Their price has fallen to 6Orne"
the
each of 272 litres from 70f., for Which the •
sold a few weeks since. The Y were
s of the
Cher are of unequal quality, and are quoted
at from 75f. to 801. the cask of 250 litres. The
light wines of Montagne of the last vintage are
worth from 601. to 65f. the Bordeaux cask. The
new wine of Roussillon is anxiously expected at
Bercy, in consequence of the high character given
of it. The wines of the Cher are in good demand
at Biere, where large purchases have been made at
65f. the cask of 250 litres. There is likewise a good
demand for new wine at Pezenas, the quality being
superior to that of other wine-producing districts ;
17,000 casks of wine grown south of Lyons were
despatched by railway, while during the same
period there were only 10,000 casks despatched from
all the vineyards between Lyons and Paris, and
14,0u0 casks by the Orleans Railway. This large
export of wine from the vineyards has raised the
price in the country markets, and the demand is
increasing every day. It is said that if the Bor-
deaux merchants should require wine from the
south
as they did last year, and as the Burgundy
merchants require this year, the wines lightest in the
south will be worth from 80 t• . to loof. the cask
of
700 litres. As yet the wine, of the Cher and of
Touraine are replacing the wines of the south.
Large and
Large purchases have already
been made at Cette,
B
Mcz?, Pezenas, and
eziers. of a considerable
quantity of wine of everyk
quality
and of all prices,
from 701. to 1001. the cask of
00litres. A large
quantity of Frontignan wine has been so:d, at from
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57f. to 64f. 50c. the hectolitre.
rise in the price
of wine is likewise remarked in the departmentTb of
the Gard, and the demand is increasing.
of St. Gilles cannot be had at less then2sf. thaewhec-
tolitre ; La Constiere, 27f. to 28f. ; Vauvert, 94i
to 25f. ; 13eauvoisin, 18f. to 20f. ; Generac, 15f. to
18f, ; and Manduel, 12f. to 151. At Langlade, where
the stock is nearly exhausted, what remains is sell-
ing at 26f. the hectolitre; at Uchand, 20f., without
the cask. The wines of La Vaunage, of good colour
and quality, ate offered at from 121. to 15f. ; and
the light wines of the low grounds at from 81. to 10f.
The price of wine in the neighbourhood of Narbonne
is wellreaintained. One sale was made at Montredon
of 800 hectolitres at 22f. Several sales were made
at Armissau at from 18f. to 201. and ono lot of
3,000 hectolitres of the light wino of Ricardelette
was sold at 101. the hectolitre. Trade is not as
brisk at Nantes as at other wine-markets, and the
Price of new wine is merely nominal. Wine mer-
chants are chiefly occupied in receiving the wine
they purchased during the vintage.
Accounts from Cognac of the 10th inst. state that
the rain, which had fallen in abundance during the
eight days previous, had induced distillers to com-
mence working, and the quantity distilled is esti-
mated at 1,500 tierces a day. The demand from the
interior of France is limited, and appears to have
fallen off considerably since the year 1858. The Ame-
rican market is closed, and it is said that Australia is
overstocked with brandies. It is expected that the
distillers of Cognac will shortly offer 46,000 hogs-
heads of brandy for sale. The prices quoted last week
were for Grand Champagne of the present year, 59
degrees, 1201. to 130 f. the hectolitre ; Petite Cham-
pagne, 110 f. to 115 f. cash, without the cask; 10f.
is to be added to these prices for every year of age.
Fine beetroot spirit, first quality, 90 degrees, ie
quoted in Paris at 721. the hectolitre.