Chapter III: Part 3

[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.