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vineyards are to be seen and wine is made, 

 but we must return northwards to other 

 vineyards which produce a wine more 

 popular than any other in our country : 

 Champagne. 



Champagne. 



Champagne is the name of an ancient 

 French province, where the Romans intro- 

 duced viticulture and where it has flourished 

 ever since. It is also the name of a spark- 

 ling white wine known by that name all 

 the World over; but, although the old 

 province of Champagne was divided in 1789 

 into four Departements, the Ardennes, 

 Aube, Marne and Haute Marne, all of 

 which boast that they possess extensive 

 vineyards and produce good wine, the 

 better class Champagne is grown within 

 a comparatively small area of the Marne 

 Departement only. 



The grapes which produce the best 



