What Makes Champagne Standout From Rest Of The Sparkling Wines Produced In Other Countries.

Champagne like most good things was an invention by accident

. Dom Perignon was a 17th century Monk who lived and served the local community of Champagne. One fine day Dom Perignon accidently left a bottle closed after fermenting, the wine then got fermented for the second time in the bottle. When the bottle is sealed or closed carbon dioxide starts forming in the wine and the gas has no release point so it gets stored in the wine creating the Fizz. Dom Perignon drank from this bottle after few months or so and said he tasted stars. This was the first bottle of Champagne.

Initially the wine houses in France used to source their grapes from other regions and countries like Italy to make Champagne. This practice has been stopped stating that Champagne made from grapes grown in the vineyards of Champagne is the original Champagne and the rest are termed as sparkling wine. This law was passed to maintain the delicate relationship between the vineyard growers and the local wine houses. It takes eight to ten years to make Vintage Champagne. The A grade grapes of Pinot Meunier, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir are carefully handpicked for fermentation and then bottled and left in underground cellars with a moderate temperature year round for 10 years. This is the process for making Vintage Champagne.

Champagne is classified as Extra Brut, Brut, Extra Dry, Dry, Demi-sec and Doux. The very first Champagnes produced were very sweet, and as the years have gone by the champagne has become more dry than sweet with a touch of extra fizz. This is mainly because the more dry the Champagne is the more flavors you get. The alcohol content in champagne is similar to that of a non-sparkling wine. Some of the famous Champagne Houses in Champagne are Vallee de la Vesle, Vallee de lArdre, Montagne de Reims, Vallee de la Marne, Cote des Blancs, Cote de Sezanne, Troyes, Cote de L Aube and AOC Rose des Riceys.

The different types of Champagne produced are:

Prestige cuvee This blend of Champagne is the considered to be the best and is top of the line.

Blanc de noirs in French literally means Blacks of White for this Champagne is made from white wine which is made from black grapes.

Blanc de Blancs in French literally means White of White this Champagne is made from white grapes (Chardonnay Grapes).

Rose Champagne or Pink Champagne is made by mixing both black and white grapes to get the pink shade.

The basic Champagne Etiquettes are store the Champagne in a ice bucket rather than a fridge before being served. Champagne is always served in a Champagne Flute; the design of the flute is such that it brings out the hidden flavors in the Champagne. The method of opening a champagne bottle without spilling the Champagne is to hold the cork steadily and rotate the bottle slowly. This does not let the cork burst out of the bottle with a lot of pressure.

Some of the best brands of Champagne are:

Dom Prignon Ros Champagne

Taittinger Comtes de Champagne Ros,

Champagne Perrier-Jouet Fleur de Champagne Ros

Mot & Chandon Dom Prignon

Henriot Cuvee des Enchanteleurs and

NV Armand de Brignac Ace of Spades

Some of the best brands of Champagne are To Learn more about Champagne you can tune into The Food Network Channel Which is a standard channel with Time Warner Cable Offers.

by: Jaike

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