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The Champagne Region
With some Dom Perignon
GabbyMs. Andrya Fitzgerald
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Where in the world is the Champagne Region?
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Its strategic location has made it a
battleground whenever France has been invaded
from the east.
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• The Falaise de l'Ile-de-France, a limestone
  ridge, borders Champagne on the west, separating
  it from the Ile-de-France, core of the Paris
  Basin

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The departments of Champagne are
Marne, Haute-Marne, Aube, and Ardennes and parts
of Yonne, Aisne, Seine-et-Marne, and Meuse
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Champagne
The name derives from the Latin word, campania,
meaning "plain."
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Champagne

• Is a historic wine region located 90 miles
  northeast of Paris,
• It consists of 86,000 acres of land and is best
  known for the production of the sparkling white
  wine that bears the region's name

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There are 250 Villages divided into 5 main areas

• Montagne de Reims
• Vallée de la Marne
• Le Côte des Blancs
• Aube District
• Le Côte de Sézanne

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Earliest Vineyards
The first vineyards were established around 50
A.D. but were destroyed in 92 A.D. by order of
Emperor Domitian. The vineyards were replaced
in 202 A.D. by edict of the Emperor Probus who
was the son of a gardener.
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• Grapes grown on the lower slopes of the Falaise
  are made into the famous sparkling wine in the
  miles of cellars carved out of the chalk under
  REIMS and Epernay

Because of the cold winters, the grapes are
harvested before they are fully ripened.
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Most of the Champagne vineyards are between Reims
and Epernay. Only Champagne produced in this
region has the right to call itself "Champagne".
Other versions are often called "sparkling wines"
which contributes to why the true Champagne is so
expensive.
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In the early Middle Age period, Champagne France
was a duchy under Merovingian rulers. By the 10th
century, the duchy of Champagne became a
hereditary estate known as the county of
Champagne. Then, in the 12th and 13th century,
the county became well-known for commercial fairs
where merchants from all Europe were present. At
that period, the Capital was the city of Troyes.
Finally, in 1314, Champagne became a province of
the royal domain of France when the count of
Champagne , who had inherited the area, succeeded
as Louis X, king of France. The successive wars
of the Revolution, the Empire and the beginnings
of the Republic left, until the signing of the
Reims Armistice in 1945, painful scars of history
on the soil of Champagne.
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Most of the exported French champagne comes from
the area around the cities of Reims and Epernay
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• The Champagne-Ardennes region is rich in events
  that made history of France and has preserved
  several vestiges such as the Cathedral of Reims.
  For a thousand years, the cathedral was one of
  the privileged places in French history,
  providing the setting for the coronation of
  kings. Mostly built during the 13th century and
  completed in the 15th century, this monument is a
  masterpiece of Gothic architecture, remarkable
  not only for its architecture but also for its
  dimension.

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Cathedral of Reims
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The Champagne region is also known for the
raising of sheep and the manufacture of wool
being part of the economy.
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Whats good to eat?
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Yummy!!!

• The boudin blanc de Rethel (white pudding
• The andouillette de Troyes ( small pork tripe
  sausages)
• The jambon des Ardennes ( dried ham)
• Cheese the creamy Chaource and the Langres
  (matured with marc de Champagne alcohol)
• Biscuits Roses de Reims (cookies) great with
  Champagne!

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Whats good to drink?
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CHAMPAGNE!!!
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Some Favorites are

• Mumm
• Mercier
• Moet Chandon
• Joseph Perrier
• Perrier-Jouet
• Taittinger
• Veuve Cliquot

and more.
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More, including, Dom Perignon

• Dom Perignon, a Benedictine Monk, produced a well
  known champagne named after himself.
• References to his blind tasting of wine have
  led to misconceptions that Dom Perignon was
  blind.

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Come quickly, I am drinking the stars!
A tagline from a 1980s Dom Perignon Ad.
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• Rich heritage of Champagne is displayed in
  museums such as
• The Basilica
• and.
• The Museum Saint Remi in Reims.

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Whered I get this stuff from?

• http//encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761568169/Cham
  pagne_(region).html
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champagne_(region)
• http//www.discoverfrance.com/regions/champagne.ht
  ml
• http//www.discoverfrance.net/France/Provinces/Cha
  mpagne.html