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THE 
EMPORIUM. 
OP 
ARTS AND SCIENCES. 
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Vol. S.] November, 1812 . [No. 7° 
NO. 1. 
Memoir upon the Vineyards and Wines of Champagne 
in France : Written in answer to certain Queries cir- 
culated by M. Chaptal. By M. Cxermon, of Kper* * 
nay.* 
PRELIMINARIES, j* 
THE ancient province of Champagne, now divided 
into two departments under tlie names of La Marne and 
La Haute Marne, lias been long celebrated as the vine- 
yard of France. 
There are two kinds of wines which distinguish this 
district. 
White wines : called lliviere de Marne wines. 
Red wines : called Montague de liheims wines. 
The white wines are produced from vineyards situa 
* Tilloch, vol. 33, p. 75. From An. de Chim. vol. 61, p. 5. 
t The numerous facts contained in this Memoir render it truly valuable : al- 
though the author expresses himself in the language of a good practical culti- 
vator, he does not always display the accuracy of a modern chemist We 
have not hitherto met with any thing more comprehensive on the subject : and 
■%^t forms the materials of M. Chaptal’s projected work upon “ VJlrt de faire h 
* Yin .” — Note of the French Editor. 
Yol. it. 
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