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HOW
WINES
SHOULD
BE
SERVED.
and
to
mark
every
inn
where
he
should
find
good
and
palatable
wine,
with
the
word
Est
(is).
Now,
one
day
he
came
to
Monte
Fiasco,
and
was
so
delighted
with
the
beverage
he
found
there,
that
he
marked
on
the
en-
trance
door
of
the
inn:
"Est,
Est,
Est"
The
bishop
came,
remained
there,
and
drank
himself
to
a
blessed
death.
Less
known,
but
not
less
interesting,
is
the
following
story
which,
however,
seems
to
be
in
little
accordance
with
the
historical
facts
we
put
down
in
regard
to
cham-
pagne
wines.
Emperor
Wenzel
(1378-1400)
came
to
Rheims
in
the
year
1397
to
make
a
treaty
with
Charles
VI.
of
France.
He
found
the
wine
that
grew
in
the
vicinity
superior
to
all
others;
on
its
account
he
de-
layed
the
treaty,
and
when,
finally,
it
was
agreed
upon
he
could
not
yet
possibly
make
up
his
mind
to
leave
the
so
hospitable
city
of
Rheims,
but
devoted
another
entire
year
to
the
study
of
the
wines
of
the
neigh-
borhood.
Besides
the
discrimination
of
wines,
according
to
their
color,
into
red
and
white
ones,
we
may
divide
them
also
as
follows:
I.
Sweet,
or
so-called
liquor
wines.
2.
Acidulous
wines.
3.
Tannic
wines.
4.
Al-
coholic
wines.
5.
Sparkling
wines.
We
do
not
intend
to
bore
the
kind
reader
by
enumerating
the
hundreds
of
brands
both
in
this
coun-
try
and
in
Europe;
we
want
only
to
show
how,
at
a
dinner,
wines
should
be
combined
with
the
different
courses.
For
every
two
to
four
guests
a
bottle
of
red