, 1876-11-01
FRENCH WINES.
The <Atltnat Gathering Of Grapes--rnblisll.
ing the Hnns-Du1tc1hE n,lt Singing.

ing the Hnns-DAnc1nE ntltt Singing.
ftr,s t'a'rsspondt"rs f'Ht 'ttH Gds>ir.
The present. etlall5r III the weather Inns dc.
lighted the hearts ot vii who lore thu grape, aud
lyric strain: 'liappy are the nations whfel.
cultivate the vine, ior they produce without
etfort tic various masterpieces Of tile hutnAis
,nlnd, without excepting tic sublime treaties OIL
descriptive geometry AMI astronomy. Hive
the wlnc abstainlng Mommsnct1aus dane nutl,-
l,Ig in this wayt| The vine Is the serf, mother
d humanity, which inspires the most l,ayniti..
ccnt Bible Of the people,-;lat IL, national
"rprescnt lI.c syn'!llesis Of the creation In III
exquisite and intoxicating essence" In nioat
parts Ut Frunec the vintage has finished, and
The grapes which hare been fpared by irost,
splendid; but We hhall have 10 wait some short
tlnr fur news from Ffanehe-Co,nte and Bur
gunhs, wl,crc the vintage has only Just been
commenced with thc usual f0t.ualltira. 1t
inlht De remembered tlat tfe gathering Of the
graH Is nut left to the nrbitrAry caprice Of the
v,tt dresser: no oi.e l,aA right to touch the
lAryrst until the bans have been published.
The bans, tho origin ot Tllef! dates back 5rsm
tic old tculal tttles, nsc rublscd By the Mayor
ot tic commune on The aIlrtec of the principal
prnprlctors, and on a certata day tho vIptu.e Is
DECLARED opcn. The reason given for this rus
tpin fa that nil tlle proprcturs going into the
vineyards thu 6ane tlny, they cannot well plai-
der cacl! otbeF's grapcs:. Under tic aiHfent
-
then they wGre announced frOm the nttar, Ii, ac-
Curance with an cuIrt rendered. at BloIs md in
some departments this custom prevailed until
very lately. Now the duty is shtrustcd TO the
setiyt, Bordeaux, Toulouse Maco,,. Dijpt,. Aux.
rssc, rtc., tllt publication Is posted up In the
6l1sMl towns, q week before the vintage "opens,
til. hans read out by the public cricr to the
sound Of thu drum. and IN Lhe villages 1t Is the
rural policeman who announces the glad tstllI,Gt
OIL Sunday alter the first mass,-ti1fDEH conveyed
~ .hc COUNT, round by the church hrls n.rrrily
pcallrE. iu Inany parts III tile South thu crate
Eatlltrers md tlelr inHsters bethre going ttUWi,
i,ltn thu vineyards attend mass Ut s u. NJ: but
after work certain tinlc Is generally dcyoted
10 dallcing and singing. In boliIe Df the ectr'
brattd vineyards matters nrc conducted III d
most orderly ,aansler, aud Ct. Etni1tun says that
| the yinttagt of The Clus-Hulyeut resembles Il
we'll known and arrive p,lnct,lal ntll serlous.
| Then each yGnr COMPANY Ut a0lifvrs is narthtd
! trnm Dtjnsl, und seutinels arc posted vi tile
gates u1'tt tic vintage Is finished, their ustcrs
rlnalicst bunch. II. Henri Yiuirllat. In LES
san,pt"osfes de Ia Table IN 4Hn5eh 4gf, gives uil
Interesting acc0uut of dishes ind wines, lnany
vi which have long been forgotten, We tiE'i,
t:rcl'Ieu of Orleans, III Which Henry l. delight
cd; hut IN TIC seventeenth rtntltry tho rnral
palatc had fur improved that It WIS forbidden
topcryc the Orleans cru NJ the Kings table.
| 'DlVlAr t..@ stay u INT fopts III AFlTnoH,
a.lls thc writer, 1.-THE monks oil Cluny furnished
}eaune to the papal Court. ainl Prtrarrt'
maiieInllslv prctcn,ls that this wine figured
among tho motives for which certain Cardinals
did nut wisl, 1 tlu PontlG IL return to lso.nc.
| III the Middle Ages, Frnnrc received OH Ter side
wine from Italy, anti the tirc<,an vine ordinarily
consumed was noyoisfe from Canasia- Tie arl
ot Ialrlcating wines. much III yogue HOW, was
mt unknown then, a,ld II great many tuctorc!
VIM. YER isrlnin&,e y & VII spi. Tci1trct
| the great letes and ce:emDnes, were prepared
| With ingredients cooked III the wsac,-d7y sais.ns
| honey. sugar, cubchs, nutmeg, cinnamon, GU
ger, i,ltls!, ett. Nowatuys rol.'rfnr ,st'lls nve
uscl, u,li IN sllort time remarkable clse viii
| be brought hctnrc thc COURTS, III cx-aiinistrl
haying brought III avtinu against his rl.c-sncr
chant, WIN ncurly poisoned hun and hIn wife
A letter wrttrn by n deputy to ". Duiaurt
poisonous coIoring Is opcul, hold ty the c!lesu
| fatS.