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== Life ==
Schlumberger was born in [[Stuttgart]] in the German [[Kingdom of Württemberg]]. Upon the early death of his father, he began a commercial apprenticeship. As director of [[Ruinart (Champagne)|Ruinart]], one of the leading [[Champagne (wine)|champagne]] houses in [[Reims]], [[France]], he was experienced with the ''[[Sparkling wine production|méthode champenoise]]'' when he on
In 1842, Schlumberger founded his company renting several vineyards in [[Bad Vöslau|Vöslau]], a small [[Lower Austria]]n town south of Vienna situated in the present-day ''[[Austrian wine|Thermenregion]]'' wine-growing area of the eastern [[Vienna Woods]]. His alliance which Sophie Kirchner, whom he married in the following year, helped him finance his business venture. Schlumberger presented his first sparkling wine in 1846 under the name ''Vöslauer weißer Schaumwein'' (White sparkling wine of Vöslau), from 1859 under ''Vöslauer Goldeck'', the first protected wine trademark in Austria. It was produced from red [[Blauer Portugieser]] grapes growing in the Goldeck vineyards in Vöslau, which Schlumberger bought in 1843, and the sparkling wine was an immediate success.<ref>[http://www.wein-plus.eu/en/Schlumberger_3.0.2673.html Wein-Plus Glossar: Schlumberger], accessed on January 23, 2013</ref>
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