I 4 THE VINEYARDS OF THE WORLD. 



Sparkling Champagne and Saumur, Cognac 

 Brandy, Burgundies and Claret. 



Bordeaux. 



Ever since the fourth century, when 

 Ausonius, who was born at Bordeaux in 

 A.D. 309, tells us that they were in demand 

 in Rome, the wines of Bordeaux have been 

 shipped to every part of the Civilised World 

 and have enjoyed a more universal and 

 lasting reputation than any other wine. But 

 not all the wines which have for so many 

 centuries passed through Bordeaux on 

 their way to distant and less-favoured 

 lands, have been the produce of the Bor- 

 deaux vineyards. What we call Claret, 

 in England, and what the French call 

 Vin de Bordeaux is, or should be, the 

 produce of the " Departement ' J of the 

 Gironde, and of no other. In all the neigh- 

 bouring " Departements," vineyards have 



