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Max Sutaine was a Champagne merchant whose bublies were popular in the United Satates in the mid-Nineteenth Century. In this historical essay, Sutaine, among other things, regrets that the great red wines of Champagne are no longer selling, describes the expansion of the area where sparlking wine grapes are grown, and laments how the newcomers to the Champagne trade appear to be rank, noisy newcomers, unheedful of tradition. Sutaine also relates one interesting bit that helps explain how so many German names appear atop Champagne houses. The French were unwilling to learn foreign languages, and so, as business expanded, they were forced to hire German polyglot clerks to oversee foreign correspondence. Eventually these enterprising young men used their inside knowledge to start their own businesses. Attesting to Sutaine's fame in the U.S. is a piece of music, The Max Sutaine Polka, which bears the following inscription, "dedicated to the celebrated frim of Messr. Max Sutaine and Co, Reims in Champagne." The polka was written by Jullien and published in New York in 1854.
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