5/20/2023 0 Comments Champagne by Don Kladstrup![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Claude Moet hauled his bottles to Versailles and gave Madame de Pompadour her first taste of bubbly, prompting her memorable quote, "Champagne is the only wine that lets a woman remain beautiful after she has drunk it." There was also Charles-Camille Heidsieck, known as "Champagne Charlie," who popularized champagne in America and ended up being imprisoned as a spy during the Civil War. Then there were the generations of local vintners who struggled to keep their houses running. It's a story filled with larger-than-life characters: Dom Perignon, the father of champagne, who, contrary to popular belief, worked his entire life to keep bubbles out of champagne the Sun King, Louis XIV, who rarely drank anything but and Napoleon, who, in trying to conquer the world, introduced it to champagne. ![]() In this engrossing history, Don and Petie Kladstrup show how this sparkling wine, born of bloodshed, became a symbol of glamour, good times, and celebration. Land is also the birthplace of the world's favorite wine: champagne. Have tried to conquer the verdant region ofĬhampagne in northern France. The Germans of World War II, waves of invaders ![]()
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