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Encyclopedia > Dom Perignon (wine)

Dom Perignon is a famous and expensive Champagne produced by Moët et Chandon. Champagne is often drunk as part of a celebration Champagne is a sparkling wine produced by inducing the secondary fermentation of wine. ... Logo Moët & Chandon is the leading brand and manufacturer of champagne. ...


It is named after Dom Perignon, a Benedictine monk who allegedly discovered the Champagne method for making sparkling wines. Dom Perignon was a Benedictine monk frequently credited with the invention of Champagne. ... A Roman Catholic monk A monk is a person who practices monasticism, adopting a strict religious and ascetic lifestyle, usually in community with others following the same path. ... A glass of sparkling wine Sparkling wine is a wine with significant levels of carbon dioxide in it making it fizzy. ...


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  • Dom Perignon Official site

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Wine on the Web - Dom Perignon (632 words)
Dom Perignon is the prestige cuvée of the giant Moët et Chandon Champagne house.
Dom Perignon was born Pierre Perignon in 1640, the son of a clerk to the local judge at Saint-Menehould, a small town to the east of the Champagne region.
Patrick Forbes, a director of the UK importers of Dom Perignon, wrote of the blend, in his outstanding book 'CHAMPAGNE' in 1967, "It always has been and always will be in very short supply".
Dom Perignon (551 words)
Dom Pérignon knew of the particular characteristic of the white wine of Aÿ, the wine of Champagne.
Dom Pérignon sought to induce this second, accidental fermentation of the wine of Champagne at a given time, regulate it and keep its effervescence in the wine.
The dryness of the wine depends on the amount of syrup, old wine and eau-de-vie that is added before the bottle is stoppered with the mushroom-shaped cork.
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