History of Champagne
Champagne originated in France and was named for its place. Champagne was originally the name of a province in northeastern Paris, France. Legend has it that in 1760, Berry Rong, a monk of the Hatterwell Monastery in Champagne Province, put wine in a glass bottle with sugar, firmly stuffed with corks, and preserved it. A few months later, he remembered the wine he had kept. When he opened the cork, the wine in the bottle was filled with the [...]