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X^IIF. Memoir upon the Vineyards and Wines of Chairi- 

 pagnein France: Written in answer to certain Queries cir- 

 culated by M. Chaptal. By M. Germon, of Epernay. 



[Continued from p. 85.] 



XXIII. What is the Method of operating in the Press, id 

 order to make While" IV'uieP 



J. Hfc press being previously well washed and cleaned, and 

 the screw inspected and greased, the fruit is pressed by 

 three successive and rapid turns of the screw in certain 

 districts, and by two only in others, according to the expe- 

 rience of the proprietor, the strength of his machinery, and 

 -the expert nes 8 of his workmen, or the nature of. his grapes* 

 The whole of this operation should be finished in less than 

 an hour by good workmen. Before applying the press, three 

 or four layers of billets or pieces of wood arc thrown upon 

 the grapes, placed in such a way as to make the pressure ge- 

 neral. After allowing thejuice to flow for about five minutes, 

 the press is slackened, in order to stir up the remaining 

 mass, and clear away any obstructions, and the operation is 

 jepeated. 



The wine flows through a hole into a small tub, called a 

 carbou, placed under the press. 



When the three pressures have been effected, the wine 

 produced from thejuice is called vin d 'elite, or choice wine* 

 It is called in the language of the workmen vin de cuevec, or 

 wine of the tub ; but of this expression I highly disapprove, 

 as it gives an idea to strangers that the white wine of Cham* 

 pagne is allowed to ferment (cuver) in tubs. 



This vin d* elite is carried from the carbon into a tub ad- 

 joining, in which it is allowed to deposit its lees and all other 

 heterogeneous matters during the night : this tub is called 

 the cuve de depot. 



After this vin d 'elite is extracted, there still remains some 

 juice in the husks of the grapes : a new turn therefore is 

 given to the screw of the press, and the wine issues through 

 a hole placed a little lower in the press into another tub : 



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