VIII.

/Reims and its Champagne Establishments/ (_continued_).

La Prison de Bonne Semaine--Mary Queen of Scots at Reims--Messrs. Pommery & Greno's offices--A fine collection of faïence--The Rue des Anglais a former refuge of English Catholics--Remains of the old University of Reims--Ancient tower and grotto--The handsome castellated Pommery establishment--The spacious cellier and huge carved cuvée tuns--The descent to the cellars--Their great extent--These lofty subterranean chambers originally quarries, and subsequently places of refuge of the early Christians and the Protestants--Madame Pommery's splendid cuvées of 1868 and 1874--Messrs. de St. Marceaux & Co.'s new establishment in the Avenue de Sillery--Its garden-court and circular shaft--Animated

## scene in the large packing hall--Lowering bottled wine to the

cellars--Great depth and extent of these cellars--Messrs. de St. Marceaux & Co.'s various wines--The establishment of Veuve Morelle & Co., successors to Max Sutaine--The latter's 'Essai sur le Vin de Champagne'--The Sutaine family formerly of some note at Reims--Morelle & Co.'s cellars well adapted to the development of sparkling wines--The various brands of the house--The Porte Dieu-Lumière 188