CHAMPAGNE

Champagne is produced in the region of Champagne in France. France is the undisputed mistress of the vine. The world over, Champagne conjures up images of celebrations, pomp, and splendor. The legendary sparkling wine and the French region it comes from are both associated with this festive sentiment. The wine that was christened in the place it was born. The Benedictine monk Dom Perignon lent the masterstroke of producing the bubbly drink by the second fermentation that takes place in the bottle.

A good champagne has a combination of freshness delicacy, richness and a gentle stimulation power, which no other wine has ever quite attained. It is always said that if Paris is the head of France, champagne her soul, Burgundy her stomach, Bordeaux her back, Loire and Rhone her other limbs of her body.

What famous personalities had to say about champagne:

- Napolean Bonaparte – In victory one deserves it, in defeat one needs it.

- Sir Winston Churchill – Remember gentlemen, it’s not just France we are fighting, for its champagne

- Madame Pompadour - Champagne is the only wine that enhances a woman’s beauty.

- Dorothy Perkins – Three be the things I shall never attain: envy, content and sufficient champagne

- Marilyn Monroe was said to have enjoyed the bubbly so much that she took a bath in it. According to her biography, it took 350 bottles to fill the tub.

Legends always say – Opening of a champagne bottle should never be like loud thud but like a soft hiss of a satisfied woman.