Champagne by Don Kladstrup5/11/2023 Instead, it was lumped in with other wines as "vins de l'Ile de France" or sometimes just "vins Français." Other times, it was labeled by the town or area it came from, such as "vins de Aÿ," "vins de la montagne," or "vins de la rivià ̈re." One thing it was never called was "champagne."Īlso, it was red, but not dark red. Because that wine was so insignificant, it didn't even have a name. If peasants had extra land, they sometimes planted vines and made wine to supplement their diets or earn extra income. Champagne was not a wine it was a place, a region known mainly for fine, quality wool. In the beginning, however, there was no such thing as champagne. Despite their differences, no two individuals did more to launch champagne on its path to fame and glory. One garbed himself in silk and velvet, the other in rough brown linen.īut Louis XIV and Dom Pérignon had one thing in common: both loved champagne, or, more precisely, the wine that would become champagne. One wore red high heels, the other simple sandals. One prided himself on his long, curly locks, the other shaved his head. One lived in absolute luxury, the other in abject poverty. They were born the same year and died the same year, and yet, they could not have been more different.
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