Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-06-20

correspondent of the New York spirit of the Times
furnishes the readers Of that paper with al interesting no.
eouuf Of the champagne business At Rheims We COPY
the following passages.
The largest Of this wine are the Germans
under which generic is included the Pius.snz th,
Austrans aud all the smaller German States who colc
lively very nearly fire millions OF bottle. per an
To- the second rink stand tie Yankees the mum
ber assigned Ia amounting ~ nearly My,c miEons .t
bof'f Next Ia ~ Republicans come the despotc Ru--
SLAMS. whose consumption regularly amounts 10 fc, ,.
hoas About the same quantity allotted to France aud
Belgium. the latter kingdom consuming greater quantity
per capita than any other nation IN the world whilst los
est Ia The list Is placed John Bull Whose CONSUMPTION
rarely exceeds half mHiDH, leaving about two mions
more for the rest OF mankind, including Spau Italy and
the Indies
Each u these countries have standard Of taste differ
Ing essentially from the others For instance Russia re
qures light, delicate favored aud highly sweetencd mix
ture known the "Sinery wine Germany demands d,
similar vine with rather fuller body and an idea les ~
sugar; whilst % America there being veil defined stan
da, wines oi all grades haVOr and degree. Of sweetness
are exported the best establishments however, place
third IN tue category Of gar-drnkcrs whilst strange ~,
say Frenchmen who doe sugar aud water drink com.
p1ratvry dycr wine On the Other side of the channel
however consumed the dryest and sttoneesboiici
wine, but 10y no means the best FOR crc1iby nfr.
med that the inferior third quality vines strongly Gt
uhed with brandy meet most favor IN "nrtne Env,rd
In fact little respect do o the most noted house,
n the Champagne tade have for JOhu Bulls taste I'm the.
wines that they expressly prepare the poorer qualities q,
the juice for the highly pcppcred palate Of our cspcrc
sncesof. whilsi Others again having large business viii
tn United States and other couutrcs decline sending
bottle Of their wine 10 "perhdc Albion" alleging fea
that The vine merchants there q general rule ar
the dishonest oi the world and tiat their mode
sruc tl-cass wines article Of the frst ,rualit
must inevitably DO good house Injury than benefit
especially they permit labels the bottles by vl
Che Manufacturer Of the wines could denote the quality
The writer Describes tho operations the csabishmcf
Of The veil knovn firm Of g. H. Numm Co. who
addition to tber large aud extensive buildings IN Rhcm
nd their pSesa,i,s ~ Bouzy and Ycfzcnay have lara
amount Of capitol invested 10 collars aud buildings
Frankfort-on theNane vineyards in and abo
Johannc.bcrg. and establishment. Tor preparing Il
sparkBug Rhenish wines At Elvct
A. Rheias which - the basc of their champagne CD
raOus their mandatory and cellars under tic excl
sive control and direction Of one Of the partners Mr
ham de Hsrv. Who ha- hsd charge Thereof fo the "a
twenty years. To- enable them 10 carry properly Il
"details oi their extensive trade they have within the ~
two years erected establishment w Rheims which fo
extent End b,auty l. faukcd among the monuments Of 4
city u coscs space 81 gound extending two huIlu
oct Ole suoet and Of least four hundred the s