Simple and informal at first, it had gradually assumed pretentious proportions, until it had passed from a North Side hall, cold suppers, lemonade and nine o'clock, to the Hotel Mazarin, terrapin, brut champagne, and eleven o'clock.
"With Edge Tools"
Hobart Chatfield-Taylor
From this cellier entrance is gained to the cellars beneath, containing a million bottles of vin brut in various stages of development.
"Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines"
Henry Vizetelly
In these extensive vaults are casks of fine reserved wines for blending with youthful vintages, and bottles of vin brut, built up in solid stacks, that may be reckoned by their hundreds of thousands.
"Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines"
Henry Vizetelly