Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 November 1895 — A City of Champagne. [ARTICLE]

A City of Champagne.

Epernay, France, is a vast subterranean “city of champagne.” For miles and miles there are streets hewn out of the solid chalk, flanked with piles of-champagne of all blends and qualities. There is no light in this labyrinth of streets, crossings and turnings except what the sputtering candles af£prd. All is dark, dank and damp, with the temnei’ature away down about zero. The largest champagne manufacturers in Epernay have underground cellars which cover forty-five acres and contain'' 5,000.000 bottles of wine. There is a.whole street in Epernay lined with fine'chateaux, the proprietors, of which possess similar establishments. The •w*hole town is honeycombed with these underground galleries for the manufacture and storage of champagne.