Champagne
The Drink of Celebration

“Two warm bodies and one cold bottle of Champagne
will produce something more wonderful than would
happen without the Champagne” – Helen Gurley Brown

Champagne, with its shimmering bubbles and its elegant, refined flavors, is likely the most famous wine in the world. Champagne is the best-known example of a style of wine known as sparkling wine (due to its countless tiny bubbles). All that sparkles is not Champagne though. Confused? Only sparkling wine produced in the Champagne region of France is entitled to the name Champagne. Bubbly made in the United States is simply known as sparkling wine, and tends to feature the same delightful combination of grapes that have been employed for hundreds of years in Champagne: Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier. Sparkling wine from Spain for instance is called “Cava”,. In Italy it is called “Spumante” and in Germany it is known as “Sekt”. with most every wine-producing country making some form of sparkling wine. To the world it is a special drink for special occasions.