Kelly’s Corner 183 – The Story of Champagne

Jan Kelly writes a weekly column for Provincetown Magazine. “Champagne was perfected by Dom Perignon the 17th century monk who was a cellarer and manager of finance at the Benedictine Abbey of Haut-Villers near Epernay in the Champagne region. Controversy still exists as to whether the dedicated monk "invented" champagne or the cork. Let us just rest with the fact that he raised the wines of Champagne to the present-day quality we all enjoy so much.”

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Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century