Champagne Story

Series

Series Name
Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.
419
Date Released
7 Jan 1963
Date recorded
30 Nov 1962
Length of issue (in feet)
725
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Blue John
  2. 2Champagne Story

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 2
Summary
Pathe synopsis: In the heart of the champagne country, we filmed the Cochelet - the ancient French ceremony that takes place when the last basket of grapes leaves the vineyard on its way to the wine-presses and cellars. And what cellars they are. In one celebrated chateau there’s a four-mile network of them - a great rambling bed-chamber for the Queen of Wines. There’s a French medal for special excellence awarded each year to people or projects that have displayed exceptional quality. And the chateau won it with a champagne they named after Marie Antoinette, who visited the vineyard two hundred years ago. So, amid the pomp and excitement, to a trumpet fanfare and a salute of a hundred popping corks, Marie Antoinette returned.
Keywords
Food and cooking; Agriculture; Ceremonies
Locations
France; Rheims
Written sources
Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis
Credits:
Commentator
Tim Brinton
Length of story (in feet)
404
Story extras:
Film clip

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