WINE OF HAPPINESS
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Year Published: 1930s
Format: 16mm
Description: This short film from the 1930s shows the grape harvest and wine production in Hautvillers/Champagne, specifically showing the production of champagne and cuvee (specific blends or batches of champagne). The film opens with a shot of the Cathedral of Reims being restored after damages from World War I. The film shows a tapestry of the sixth-century Archbishop of Reims, Saint Remy (Remigius). Viewers see the Abby of Hautvillers in the Marne Valley (01:02), and a statue of Dom Perignon of Champagne. Children and adults of Champagne process through the streets of Hautvillers, praying for a bountiful grape harvest. Women sit in a vineyard picking grapes. Men and women harvest grapes on a hillside vineyard. A woman pours a glass of juice or wine for a man (02:15). There are more great shots of people working the vineyard, one with a windmill in the background. Horse-drawn carts haul the grapes in wooden baskets. At a long table, women inspect grapes and cut away defective ones (03:08). There is a shot of the Marne river in the background of the vineyards (04:00). Several people ride in a cart while others walk behind as the harvest is taken to the pressing houses. Grapes are weighed and then poured into a press (04:48). Two men set up a grape press. Several other men turn a large wheel to press the grapes. Footage shows the juice flowing out of the press. Men move barrels of wine in a cellar (06:15). The film then cuts to a bottle factory. An automated machine drops molten glass into molds that form bottles. Bottles are moved on a conveyer belt to women who inspect them (07:31). Another man puts the bottles into a machine for a first corking. A basket elevator system carries the bottles of wine down to the cellar. Men move bottles of cuvee in the massive cellar (08:49). A man shakes bottles of champagne to settle and sediment (09:32). There is a shot of 120,000 bottles in the cellar. Bottles have their first corks removed along with the sediment deposits (10:26). Additional wine is poured into the bottles of cuvee, then the bottles are corked again. The film shows the process of making corks for the champagne bottles (11:30). A woman shows a finished cork next to an unfinished cork. People grab finished corks and recork the bottles (12:20), which are then carted back to the cellars for additional rest before being shipped to consumers. The film then shows the final dressing of the bottles (13:24); people wrap the cleaned and labeled bottles and put them in wooden shipping crates. A man in the packing room hammers a wooden crate shut. Crates are stacked, and their destinations appear on the boxes (14:22). The film then shows various bottles of champagne, champagne glasses, and champagne bottles being poured at celebrations and being used to christen a ship. Champagne is sparkling wine. Many people use the term Champagne as a generic term for sparkling wine but in some countries, it is illegal to label any product Champagne unless it both comes from the Champagne region and is produced under the rules of the appellation. Specifically, in the EU countries, only sparkling wine which comes from the Champagne region of France can be legally labelled as Champagne. Where EU law applies, this alcoholic drink is produced from grapes grown in the Champagne region of France following rules that demand, among other things, secondary fermentation of the wine in the bottle to create carbonation, specific vineyard practices, sourcing of grapes exclusively from specific parcels in the Champagne appellation and specific pressing regimes unique to the region. Primarily, the grapes Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier, and Chardonnay are used in the production of almost all Champagne, but a tiny amount of pinot blanc, pinot gris, arbane, and petit meslier are vinified as well. Champagne appellation law allows only grapes grown according to appellation rules in specifically designated plots within the appellation to be used in the production of Champagne. Hautvillers is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France. The Abbey of St. Peter which existed here until the French Revolution was the home of the famous Dom Perignon, a Benedictine monk whose work in wine-making helped to develop champagne.
Complete Record: This short film from the 1930s shows the grape harvest and wine production in Hautvillers/Champagne, specifically showing the production of champagne and cuvee (specific blends or batches of champagne). The film opens with a shot of the Cathedral of Reims being restored after damages from World War I. The film shows a tapestry of the sixth-century Archbishop of Reims, Saint Remy (Remigius). Viewers see the Abby of Hautvillers in the Marne Valley (01:02), and a statue of Dom Perignon of Champagne. Children and adults of Champagne process through the streets of Hautvillers, praying for a bountiful grape harvest. Women sit in a vineyard picking grapes. Men and women harvest grapes on a hillside vineyard. A woman pours a glass of juice or wine for a man (02:15). There are more great shots of people working the vineyard, one with a windmill in the background. Horse-drawn carts haul the grapes in wooden baskets. At a long table, women inspect grapes and cut away defective ones (03:08). There is a shot of the Marne river in the background of the vineyards (04:00). Several people ride in a cart while others walk behind as the harvest is taken to the pressing houses. Grapes are weighed and then poured into a press (04:48). Two men set up a grape press. Several other men turn a large wheel to press the grapes. Footage shows the juice flowing out of the press. Men move barrels of wine in a cellar (06:15). The film then cuts to a bottle factory. An automated machine drops molten glass into molds that form bottles. Bottles are moved on a conveyer belt to women who inspect them (07:31). Another man puts the bottles into a machine for a first corking. A basket elevator system carries the bottles of wine down to the cellar. Men move bottles of cuvee in the massive cellar (08:49). A man shakes bottles of champagne to settle and sediment (09:32). There is a shot of 120,000 bottles in the cellar. Bottles have their first corks removed along with the sediment deposits (10:26). Additional wine is poured into the bottles of cuvee, then the bottles are corked again. The film shows the process of making corks for the champagne bottles (11:30). A woman shows a finished cork next to an unfinished cork. People grab finished corks and recork the bottles (12:20), which are then carted back to the cellars for additional rest before being shipped to consumers. The film then shows the final dressing of the bottles (13:24); people wrap the cleaned and labeled bottles and put them in wooden shipping crates. A man in the packing room hammers a wooden crate shut. Crates are stacked, and their destinations appear on the boxes (14:22). The film then shows various bottles of champagne, champagne glasses, and champagne bottles being poured at celebrations and being used to christen a ship. Champagne is sparkling wine. Many people use the term Champagne as a generic term for sparkling wine but in some countries, it is illegal to label any product Champagne unless it both comes from the Champagne region and is produced under the rules of the appellation. Specifically, in the EU countries, only sparkling wine which comes from the Champagne region of France can be legally labelled as Champagne. Where EU law applies, this alcoholic drink is produced from grapes grown in the Champagne region of France following rules that demand, among other things, secondary fermentation of the wine in the bottle to create carbonation, specific vineyard practices, sourcing of grapes exclusively from specific parcels in the Champagne appellation and specific pressing regimes unique to the region. Primarily, the grapes Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier, and Chardonnay are used in the production of almost all Champagne, but a tiny amount of pinot blanc, pinot gris, arbane, and petit meslier are vinified as well. Champagne appellation law allows only grapes grown according to appellation rules in specifically designated plots within the appellation to be used in the production of Champagne. Hautvillers is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France. The Abbey of St. Peter which existed here until the French Revolution was the home of the famous Dom Perignon, a Benedictine monk whose work in wine-making helped to develop champagne.
Transcription
[Music] the cathedral of reims terribly mutilated in the war but now being slowly restored to its former glory stands Guardian over the virgin vineyards which produced the world's most famous and fascinating wine this ancient tapestry showed the traditional miracle of st. remy celebrated Archbishop of Reims of the 6th century at his cousin's wedding feast made champagne gush from an empty class the abbey about PA stands in one of the most picturesque parts of the valley of the man it was founded in the 7th century and was the hope and thousand years later of a monk called dom cab hareem EO who brought the art of champagne making to a high degree of perfection in sheer eve of the vintage peasants of champagne asked the best thing of their patron saint vincent on the ripening grapes this saints insignia is solemnly borne through the streets of hopefully air in accordance with an ancient tradition his secret lay only in the cultivation of champagnes natural tendency to spark it's sparkling quality had always been apparent and today when human methods of production are so highly developed it is still named nature and the present sunshine in the wine which gives birth to those beaded bubbles winking at the brim [Music] [Music] the grapes have to be gathered as quickly as possible and scrupulous care is taken to ensure the perfection of the wine from each individual Bunch the defective grapes are cut out with special scissors [Music] laughing and singing these charming gaily Bunsen girls carry out the picturesque ritual of village [Music] the velvety plume of the grape contains the ferments which were later transformed the simply grape juice into the golden wine of deadness the Marne River of tragedy and triumph on it's beautiful banks devastated by the war in 1918 the vines now flourish as symbols of peace and goodwill [Music] baskets arrived at the neighboring Wang dong zhuo where they are weighed and [Music] cunningly blend together later on the black grapes will you body to the wine and the five grapes will impart delicacy [Music] you see how easily the abundant form forms and how wonderfully clear and transparent the gleaming wine is the time has come for these young wines to be tasted and perfectly blended together a very delicate operation the secret of which we owe to Dompierre Mourinho this great Bank was blind but so perfect was his palate that he was able to produce wines of undreamed-of delicacy this is a manufacturing of champagne bottles great care and skill is hidden in the manufacture of these bottles for they have to withstand the powerful pressure of the wine for many years there are now made automatically by marvelous machines [Music] first poking is only temporary the core could be changed a turn during a process on the disgorgement but the wine itself will never leave its original the bottles are now going to be taken down to the cellars or into the famous creer [Music] from the material of these great excavations sprang the third century city of Reims excavated by the Romans these clay air provided fight chalk from which the original city was built today they form majestic hollow pyramids connected by numerous galleries which together with important cellars of AI and Antony have a total length of nearly 150 miles here 150 million buttons of champagne are always taking to the several years duty sea which ends in such a dazzling away bottles lie thus for a number of years in order that the wine may reach its full effect then come to the day when they are placed in the properties they are slightly shaken each day in order that the deposit may settle on the [ __ ] please skilful workman each shake in this way about 30,000 buttons a day after 2 or 3 months of this treatment bottles are piled perpendicularly head downwards to await their discordant here is a stack of a hundred and twenty thousand bottles do you want to know how powerful the wine is at this moment wait a moment there you are now comes the time when the bottles are to be discouraged a process which consists in removing the curse cork and at the same time the depositor which is adhering to it [Music] this is part of the work requires highly-skilled precision on the part of the specialists who have been many years at the job and could not easily be replaced followed in choice old wine is poured in more or less being used according to the degree of sweetness required but is now finally caught the [ __ ] like the bottles require most careful manufacture champagne corks undergo several processes here is one [Music] there are then Kappa sorted [Music] cocking must be absolutely Hamitic after some time the [ __ ] takes on its test shape [Music] bottle finally cocked is taken back for the last time to slur to wait probably for some money the day when it will begin its journey into the consumer this last short rest perfects the softness and mellowness of the wine look at these magnificent bottles and you will realize how much time trouble an hour has to be expended in order to turn the pretty bunches of grapes into the magical wine which the whole world pays homage imprisoned in these bottles indeed is the very soul of beautiful French pubs champagne [Music] now we come to the final blessing of the bottles the anonymous bottle has become in truth the bottle of champagne it is ready to carry to every corner of the globe renown of this greatest of all wines [Music] here is the packing casing as it is cold is done with incredible rapidity yet this fellow confide in us and being photographed has made [Music] to the tables to which incomes champagne implants good fellowship and getting sparkling wit and sparkling wine grow always hand in hand it is the wine with which the people of every country in the world fill their glasses to pledge a toast of peace and friendship between the nations [Music]
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