[The wine from Champagne during the Empire].

Abstract

After the revolutionary upheavals (dispersal of the big properties of privileged persons and abolition of many rights) and a fold on the local market, the vine growing in Champagne found a new balance due to good grape harvests between 1804 and 1814 and due to the territorial expansion. Without supplanting the red wines, the sparkling white wines conquered a new foreign clientele. After the fall of the Eagle the traders rushed to the new markets offered by peace.