An old book, picked up seventy years ago for 3s 6d. lias been sold in London for .£1520. Epernay is a vast subterranean "city of ch-fllnpagne.-** Tor miles and miles there are streets hewn out of solid chalk flanked with piles of bottles of champagne of all blends and qualities. There is no light in this labyrinth of streets, crossings, and turnings except that given by spluttering candles. All is dark, dank and damp, with the temperature about zero. The largest champagne manufactories in Eperney have underground cellars which cover 45 acres, and contain 5,000,000 bottles of wine. There is a whole street in. Epemay lined with fine chateaux, the proprietors of which possess similar establishments.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7853, 15 July 1911, Page 6
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