Champagne Riots
Dan Snow's History Hit
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Champagne - The Origins of the Champagne
champagne was always the luxury brand of alcoli gratures. It wasn't sparkling until maybe early eighteenth century, and they didn't really have a grasp over how it was becoming sparkling at that point. There isn't a lot of scientific knowledge around wine until the likes of laoisier and chapdel and pastour come along. And until then, it's really what they've been doing before. What did their fathers do? What did other monks do? It really was just a case of observation.
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