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BEFORE SPARKLING CHAMPAGNE
Colonel François Bonal
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Making Champagne
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1998 Harvest Overview - nothing short of a miracle
1996 Harvest Overview - serenity restored
1995 Harvest Overview - looking to the future
1990 Harvest Overview - doubts and expectations
1989 Harvest Overview - a welcome resurrection
1988 Harvest Overview - a turnaround
1985 Harvest Overview - surprisingly good results
1982 Harvest Overview - Timely and Historic
1979 Harvest Overview - a fine harvest but not enough to replenish stocks
1973 Harvest Overview - the second largest harvest of the century
1969 - Harvest Overview
1961 Harvest Overview - bumper harvest meets expectations
1959 Harvest Overview - a vintage unlike any other
1955 Harvest Overview - a memorable vintage
1949 Harvest Overview
1947 Harvest overview
1945 Harvest Overview
The grand history of the Champagne Houses
Chapter II
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Chapter IV
Chapter V
Chapter VI
Chapter VII
Chapter VIII
Chapter IX
Chapter I
Champagne, star of the seventh art
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Bubbles and the Cinematograph
Champagne in Silent films
Hollywood: parties and prohibition
Champagne’s popularity in French Cinema
Masterpieces and Champagne
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Champagne in musical comedies
Champagne in Slapstick films
Champagne and westerns
Even super heroes drink it...
... So too do toons
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