is invited to pay a little more attention than is usually bestowed upon so pleasant an occupation, and to note the “finesse” which the house is at such pains to secure. It will not be labor lost. The pleasure afforded by a glass of choice champagne when one can discern all its exquisitely delicate shades of flavor and bouquet, and perhaps even locate them, as it were, in their very birthplaces, is a delight undreamed of by the careless drinker.

In this connection it is worthy of note that in London when the wholesale prices of Champagne are regulated solely upon quality, Pommery sells at a much higher price than any other brand, the retail price being, however, the same in America.

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