[1] The main reason is that predominantly cider- and beer-drinking
Départements of the north and north-east have now become large consumers
of wine: an appetite whetted by the much appreciated Army wine-ration,
nicknamed “Pinard,” during the long years of mobilisation.
[2] _Piquette_ means sour, thin wine; it is to wine what small-beer is to
ale.
[3] See note to page 17.
[4] See page 34. The Pinot was tried in Australia, but did not prove a
success in such a hot and arid climate.
[5] The _Tonneau Bordelais_ has a capacity of four _Barriques_ of 22
litres each, or 900 litres in all.
[6] The coarse and common Gamay of the Côte d’Or must not be identified
with the Petit Gamay, the “_plant noble_” of the Beaujolais from which
all the finest wines of the latter region have always been grown.
[7] It is a significant fact that since the War the only French
viticultural region that has increased its export of bottled wines is the
Bordelais. This is the region in which estate-bottling is most widely
adopted. Exports of Bordeaux wines in the wood have sensibly decreased.