Pérignon (Dom Pierre Pérignon): n. pr. His title of nobility: inventor of Champagne… A legend! His real title: cellar prosecutor at the Benedictine abbey of Hautvillers a few kilometers from Epernay. His dates of birth and death coincide with those of Louis XIV (1638-1715). But this absolute monarch, ironically of the story, is deprived of champagne (quiet then) by medical prescription. For the Sun King, only one wine, red burgundy (to fight co ...
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