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| and Champagne for Sale. So, Buy Wines and Buy | | | | While the Dom did work successfully to improve |
| Dom Perignon through online. Lets talk about Dom | | | | the quality and renown of the still wines of |
| Perignon. | | | | Champagne, he did not invent sparkling wine, nor |
| Who was Dom Perignon? | | | | he was the first to make champagne. Indeed he |
| Dom Pierre Pérignon was a Benedictine monk in | | | | worked hard in order to prevent a secondary |
| about 1638 to 14 September 1715 in the | | | | fermentation which was most likely to break the |
| Champagne region of France. He joined the | | | | wine bottles. There is documentary evidence that |
| Benedictine monks and first served at the Abbey | | | | English scientist and physician Christopher Merret |
| of Saint-Vannes in the town of Verdun when he | | | | had first intentionally produced that sparkling wine. |
| was 19. Near the town of Épernay in 1668, he | | | | |
| transferred to Abbey of Hautvilliers, where he | | | | At the Abbey of Hautvillers, a major proponent |
| served as a cellar master until he died in 1715. | | | | of the misconceptions surrounding Dom |
| When the region's wines were predominantly still | | | | Pérignon came from one of his successors, |
| and red, it was who made important contributions | | | | Dom Groussard, who in 1821 gave an account of |
| to the production and quality of Champagne wine | | | | Dom Pérignon "inventing" Champagne among |
| in an era. With the invention of sparkling | | | | other exaggerated tales about the Abbey to |
| Champagne, popular myths frequently credit him | | | | garner prestige for the church and historical |
| which did not become the dominant style of | | | | importance. |
| Champagne until mid-19th century. | | | | The myths about Pérignon being the first to |
| The popular champagne Dom Pérignon, the | | | | use corks and being able to name the precise |
| préstige cuvée of Moët & Chandon is | | | | vineyard by tasting a single grape originated from |
| named after him. | | | | Groussard's account. |
| Myths and Misconceptions | | | | Contrary to popular belief, Dom did not introduce |
| "Come quickly, I am drinking the stars!", this quote | | | | blending to Champagne wines but rather the |
| attributed to him is supposedly what he said when | | | | innovation of blending the grapes before sending |
| tasting the first sparkling champagne. But in the | | | | them to press. |
| late 1800s, the first appearance of that quote | | | | So, Buy Dom and Buy Discount Wine by the |
| appears to have been in a print advertisement. | | | | Case. |