Table of Contents

Introduction; PART 1: THE ESSENTIALS OF CHAMPAGNE: The Champagne Region Terroir The Champagne Grapes How Champagne is Made Vintages and Styles Serving, Storing and Biblical Bottles; PART 2: THE HISTORY OF CHAMPAGNE: Stars in Their Eyes An Anglo-French Creation Frivolous Fizz Champagne Comes of Age Napoleon to the Belle Epoque Revolution and Strife World War Blues The Ascendance of Champagne The New Millennium; PART 3: ON THE CHAMPAGNE ROUTE: Bollinger G.H. Mumm Krug Joseph-Perrier Lanson Laurent-Perrier Louis Roederer Billecart-Salmon Moet & Chandon Perrier-Jouet Gosset Piper-Heidsieck/Charles Heidsieck Pol Roger Pommery Ruinart Taittinger Veuve Clicquot Other Famous Champagne Houses Family Estate Champagnes Champagne Cooperatives Grower Champagnes English Sparkling Wine Prosecco and Other Sparkling Wines; PART 4: CULTURE AND TRADITIONS: Lie Back and Think of France Champagne in Art and Literature Celluloid Champagne Visiting Champagne A Sparkling Investment Index & credits.

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Written by an author whose knowledge and love of champagne shines through, complemented by beautiful photographs and 20 items of removable facsimile memorabilia for readers to handle.

About the Author

Tom Bruce-Gardyne has been writing on wine for almost 20 years and has twice won the Louis Roederer 'Drinks Writer of the Year' Award. A regular contributor to magazines such as The Drinks Business and for years a weekly columnist on the Herald newspaper, his books include Scotch Whisky Treasures. And though his tastes in drink are suitably broad, he has always had a weakness for the mood-enhancing bundle of joy that is champagne.