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Champagne is, a Sparkling White Wine created from grapes produced in the Champagne area of France following the rules that demand, among other things, subsequent fermentation of the Wine in the bottle is to create carbonation. Specific vineyard practices, sourcing of the grapes exclusively from specific parcels in the Champagne appellation and distinguished pressing regimen that's unique to the region. Some use the term Champagne as a generic term for sparkling wine, but in most countries, it is illegal to label any product Champagne is officially useless unless it both comes from the Champagne district and is, presented under the rules of the appellation.

Vineyards in the Champagne province of France

The primary grapes that are, used in the production of Champagne are black Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier but also White Chardonnay. Champagne appellation law only permits grapes that are grown according to appellation rules in specifically designated plots within the appellation to be, used in the making of the Champagne.

Royalty became associated with Champagne in the 17th, 18th, and 19th hundreds. The leading businesses made efforts to associate their Champagnes with nobility and royalty through advertising and packaging, which led to popularity among the emerging middle class.

Wines that are from the Champagne area were, well known before the medieval times. The Romans obtained the first to plant grapevines in this area of north-east of France, with the district being cultivated by at least the 5th-century era, possibly earlier. Later, churches that owned vines and monks manufactured Wine for use in the sacrament of Eucharist. French kings were, initially anointed in Reims, and the Champagne was, accepted as part of coronation festivities. The Champenois were jealous of the reputation of the Wines produced by their Burgundian acquaintances to the south and solicited to produce Wines of equal acclaim. However, the northern climate of the district gave the Champenois a unique set of challenges in obtaining Red Wine. At the far extremes of sustainable viticulture, the grapes would struggle to ripen thoroughly and often would have bracing levels of acidity and low sugar levels. The wines would be lighter-bodied and thinner than the Burgundy wines they were seeking to outdo.

Contrary to legend and popular belief, Dom Pérignon did not invent Sparkling Wine, although he did make significant contributions to the production methods and quality of both still and sparkled Champagne Wines. The classical recorded Sparkling Wine is Blanquette de Limoux, which was, apparently invented by Benedictine Monks in the Abbey of Saint-Hilaire, near Carcassonne in 1531. They accomplished this by bottling the Sine before the initial fermentation had ended. Over a hundred years later, an English scientist and physician Christopher Merret documented the addition of sugar to a full wine to create a second fermentation, six years before Dom Pérignon Champagne set foot in the Abbey of Hautvillers and nearly 40 years before it was, claimed that the famed Benedictine monk discovered Champagne. Merret presented a paper at the Royal Society, in which he detailed what is now called méthode champenoise, in 1662. Merritt's discoveries also coincided with English glass-makers' technical developments that allowed bottles to be, produced that could withstand the required internal pressures during secondary fermentation. French glass-makers at this time could not produce bottles of the necessary quality or durability.

In France the very first Sparkling Champagne was created unintentionally; the pressure in the bottle led it to be, called "the devil's wine", as the bottles popped or corks popped. In 1844 Adolphe Jaquesson invented the "muselet" to prevent the corks from blowing out. First versions were difficult to apply and inconvenient to remove. Even though it was, deliberately produced as a sparkling wine, Champagne was for a very long time made by the méthode rural, where the Wine was, bottled before the primary fermentation had finished. The Champagne did not use the méthode champenoise until the 19th hundreds, 200 years later Merret documented the process. The 19th century saw an exponential growth in Champagne production, going from a regional production of 300,000 bottles a year in 1800 to 20 million bottles in 1850. In 2007, Champagne sales hit a record of 338.7 million bottles.

In the 19th century, Champagne was noticeably sweeter than the Champagnes of today. The trend towards drier Champagne began when Perrier-Jouët decided not to sweeten his 1846 vintage before exporting it to London. The designation Brut Champagne was, created by the British in 1876

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