Sinanation

I always thought there was huge difference between sparkling wine and champagne. There must have been a different kind of preparation process or bottling procedure. So, I never dared ask a professional until my visit to Roanoke Vineyards in Long Island, NY. It could have been the few drinks I had before or the welcoming attitude of the kind lady who was serving us at the vineyard: I finally popped the question. It turns out the answer is pretty simple. The only difference between champagne and sparkling wine is one is made within the Champagne region in France and the other outside. Centuries of investments in the Champagne region led its investors to take solid precautions to make it so that only the grapes from this part of France would be given the authority to use the name “champagne”.

I have also found it interesting to read that one of the most expensive and iconic drinks of today’s celebrations was advanced and finalized by mistake by a French monk called Dom Perignon. Dom Perignon actually wanted to prevent regular wine from refermentation which would lead it to sparkle and push the cork out of the bottle or force it to explode. His studies led champagne to where it is today. The famous Dom Perignon champagne is named after Monk Perignon.

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