词汇 | dom pérignon |
词源 | Dom Pérignon. Dom Pierre Pérignon (1638–1715), the man who put the bubbles into champagne and after whom Moët et Chandon named its most famous vintage some years ago, was a blind man who renounced the world when only 15 and joined the Benedictine order. Cellarmaster of the monastery near Epernay, France, Dom Pérignon eventually found that corks tightly drawn in his bottles would not be forced out, as would rags, and would retain naturally expanding gases, allowing for the so-called second fermentation in the bottle that is essential for any true sparkling champagne. Although unproved, the old story certainly rates a toast, if only as an excuse for another glass. |
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